Trexquant Investment Researcher 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 Trexquant Investment.
Trexquant Investment
Researcher
Entry Difficult Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
It was a great interview. They asked me some basic machine learning questions, a few coding challenge questions, and then we talked about my projects. Overall, it was a good experience. The interviewer also asked about my hobbies and interests, showing they were interested in more than just my technical skills.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- What was your approach to the assignment's solution?
- How did you approach the solution for the assignment?
Trexquant Investment
Researcher
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Take home Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Technical Presentation
The interview process started with resume shortlisting. Then there was a Hangman assignment. After that, an HR round where I was given a medium-level LeetCode question. The weird part was that the HR person, who didn't seem to know coding, was conducting the technical interview. She shared a LeetCode link and just watched, not helping or showing interest in my thought process, only caring if all test cases passed. It felt odd because if they wanted a LeetCode round, they should have done that first before the assignment, especially after I invested time in it. They didn't even ask about the assignment. The fourth round, which I didn't get to, was supposedly with the CEO to discuss the Hangman assignment and Alpha.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Discussion on the Hangman assignment
- A medium difficulty LeetCode problem involving arrays
Trexquant Investment
Data Researcher
Staff Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
First phone interviews. It would focus on the resume staff and some machine learning basic knowledge. Second would be a hangman simulation. Write codes to simulate the hangman game. Final round is onsite interview. It would ask you to write codes simulating Monty Hall problem and some matrix manipulation, also some text handling problems. Some of the interviewers are quite arrogant. And some of the interviewers are not really understanding what they're asking.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Monty Hall problem
- Hangman game simulation
Trexquant Investment Researcher Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Trexquant Investment interview reports.
“What is the probability of drawing four cards of the same rank from a deck?”
Read reports →“What is the expected number of coin flips until you get two consecutive heads?”
Read reports →“Explain why exercising an American option before maturity is not advisable.”
Read reports →“Can you solve the hangman problem using neural networks?”
Read reports →“Could you write an algorithm for the Hangman game that gets over 50% accuracy, ideally without using n-gram models?”
Read report →“Can you describe the algorithm for designing a hangman game?”
Read report →“Can you list various methods for performing a linear regression?”
Read report →“Can you explain the algorithm you created to play Hangman?”
Read report →“What are the alphas you are familiar with?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 30 Trexquant Investment interview reports.