Squarepoint Capital Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

So the whole thing had 5 parts but I only made it through 2 interviews. The first person I talked to was really chill and helpful, it was a real conversation. The second interviewer wasn't as easy to talk to but still decent, seemed kinda swamped.

The interview process lasted three weeks. After submitting an online assessment on Hackerrank, which included 5 multiple-choice questions on Linux and a coding challenge about Task scheduling algorithm, I received a reply three days later. I passed the online assessment but was unsuccessful in the first round tech interview. The interview itself was an hour long, with 30 minutes dedicated to discussing my related projects and the remaining 30 minutes for a coding challenge that involved converting strings to formulas. The coding challenge was considered medium difficulty.

Wouldn't bother with this company, they don't even tell you you're rejected unless you chase the recruiter, who also gave no feedback. The first stage was a decent Python data parsing task. It went downhill from there. The next stage was just to check I didn't cheat on the first assessment and a quick, unenthusiastic overview of the job. After waiting another two weeks, I had another disengaged interviewer who asked me book-knowledge questions like 'how to search for specific lines in a CSV file from the command line', barely testing experience or fit. Then came generic coding questions like 'create a decorator' or 'write a generator function', where they wanted exact answers off the top of your head, otherwise you're seen as inexperienced.