Quantlab Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

The process stopped after the coding exercise. So basically the steps I had were: 1. Brief slightly technical phone interview. Basic background questions and some c++. 2. c++ coding test. The exercise itself is quite simple - no hard algorithms. The main purpose is to check modern c++ knowledge and code design abilities. 3 ... Didn't get further but I guess in house interview. I don't usually write reviews. But I thought that I have to write a review for this job application. I don't think that I have ever had such a good experience with any of the recruiting teams in any company. The company HR contact was providing me with constant updates and feedback about the process. When the code exercise was not checked within 2 days (2 days!) she reached out to me (without any request from me) to apologize and update that it will be reviewed the next day. After the coding exercise - despite the fact that I didn't pass it, the company provided me a VERY detailed feedback on the exercise (referring to line numbers in the code and explaining why they think it's not optimal). I have never had such a positive experience with a company that rejected me (or accepted me) :). If the company treats the employees the same way as the candidates then it's probably a great place to work for.

So I interviewed with Quantlab back in 2013. It was a bit of a process, with two phone interviews, then a technical exercise that was actually pretty cool and I liked it. After that, I had an onsite interview. The onsite involved talking about my past technical projects, what I'm into technically, and how I approach work. They asked me a lot about solving problems with varying conditions during the technical interviews. By the end of the onsite, I felt like I really got a feel for what it's like to work there. Coming from a bigger company, I'm happy I switched. Quantlab's structure makes it easier to get stuff done.

I first connected with them at a university career fair, and then I applied online. About a week later, I received a coding challenge that I had 3 days to complete. This challenge involved analyzing their trading data.