D. E. Shaw India General Intern Interview Questions
& Process
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and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at D. E. Shaw India.
D. E. Shaw India
Intern
Intern Difficult Positive experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
It was pretty tough, they asked questions about data structures and algorithms, and also about my projects. They also went over the basics of C and C++.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- Can you explain how your project stands out?
- Tell me about your projects.
- What are the fundamentals of C and C++?
D. E. Shaw India
Intern
Intern Difficult Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Group Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical Group
The interview process was very tough and felt biased in the group discussion selection. The panel seemed to favor candidates with prior finance backgrounds, even if they didn't contribute much during the discussion, and appeared biased against freshers.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you explain the correlation between the price of gold and the US dollar?
- Please discuss commodity derivatives.
D. E. Shaw India
Intern
Intern Difficult Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Phone screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
The interview process was mostly focused on Data Structures and Algorithms, covering things like Priority Queues, trees, and graphs. After that, there were some questions about my projects, followed by in-depth questions on Object-Oriented Programming concepts, such as destructors and the core principles of OOPS.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you explain the implementation of an LRU cache?
D. E. Shaw India General Intern Interview Questions
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“Write a function to calculate the sum of digits of a given number.”
Read reports →“Given a pointer to a node in a linked list, delete that node.”
Read reports →“Find the nearest element to the right for each element in an array.”
Read reports →“Can you print the last k lines of a file?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the correlation between the price of gold and the US dollar?”
Read report →“Can you implement an LRU cache with O(1) time complexity?”
Read report →“How would you generate a random number from a stream of input with equal probability, given memory constraints that prevent storing all numbers?”
Read report →“Can you describe the execution flow of a for loop in interpreted languages such as Python?”
Read report →“How would you sort an array according to the frequency of each of its elements?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
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