Old Mission Interview Questions
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Old Mission
Quantitative Trader
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen Take home
Interview formats
Technical Coding
Took a Hackerrank test with 35 probability questions and 1 coding question. The probability questions were medium difficulty and the coding question was also medium. The questions got progressively harder, ranging from brainteasers to numerical computation. The Python question at the end was standard.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What is the probability of rolling an 8 with two 6-sided dice?
Old Mission
Research Analyst
Entry Average Positive experience Decline offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Case
People there are super nice and the culture looks amazing. They ask Fermi estimate questions and why you're interested in the company and the role. I really enjoyed the culture there, and it seemed less intense than other MM firms. You should have deep knowledge on how the stock price moves.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- What are your reasons for wanting this particular role?
- What makes you want to work for this company?
Old Mission
Quant Researcher
Mid Easy Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
Had an initial soft chat with HR. Then, I interviewed with someone they called the 'head of education'. All the questions were about the implementation details of algorithms I use. After that, I was rejected without even a hard technical interview. I tried to get feedback from the recruiter but never heard back. My impression is that this company might be interviewing to gather information about competitors. I'd recommend avoiding them.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Could you elaborate on the specifics of certain algorithms?
- Can you provide details on the implementation of specific algorithms?
Old Mission
Software Engineer
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Take home Recruiter call Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
The interview started with an online assessment that had multiple-choice questions and a couple of easy to medium coding problems in any programming language. A few days later, I had an informational call with Old Mission, which was quite long and unstructured. At the end of the call, I scheduled a coding interview. The first coding problem was of medium difficulty, followed by a question about a data structure. After doing well, I scheduled another phone call but they never called me back, which was a bad look for the company. The second technical interview was rough, with lots of questions on Linux, hardware, and low-level programming/concurrency. I got rejected a week after that.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Can you explain the computer power-on sequence?
- What are some 2-letter bash commands you know?
- Describe what occurs when data is printed to STDOUT.
Old Mission Interview Questions
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“How many babies were born in Illinois in 2020?”
Read reports →“What is the total volume of oceans in the world.”
Read reports →“What is the probability that the product of three 6-sided dice rolls is a prime number?”
Read reports →“What is the expected value of the absolute difference when rolling a die?”
Read reports →“What is the probability of drawing a pair in two consecutive draws from a deck of cards?”
Read report →“What impact does an increased dividend have on at-the-money call options?”
Read report →“What is the probability of rolling an 8 with two 6-sided dice?”
Read report →“What is the algorithm to compare anagrams and its complexity?”
Read report →“Implement a heap class that supports push and pop operations.”
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