WorldQuant Interview Questions
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WorldQuant
Quantitative Researcher
Mid Average Positive experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Technical screen Onsite Background check
Interview formats
Technical Coding Technical
First there was a screening, then online tests on math (lots of problems covering different areas) and programming (3 easy problems about data parsing and filling in gaps). After that, there were 3 technical interviews focusing on math, programming, and DS/finance. These usually started with a few simple warm-up questions followed by 2 harder problems to check how deep your knowledge goes. Then, I had interviews with the teams where we talked about my experience and scientific work, followed by questions specific to the team I was applying to, and I had to come up with hypotheses about the data. I got rejected.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Did you have knowledge of mathematical induction?
- The team interview included questions from the Green Book.
- The questions from other stages were unique but fairly straightforward
WorldQuant
Risk Manager
Mid Average Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
Had a telephone interview for a role in London. It was with someone from the quant team. We talked about statistical analysis techniques and programming skills. They were looking for developer-level coding skills, including Linux, SQL, and Python. They gave me a lot of background on the company.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you tell me what you are seeking in this position?
- What insights do you have about WorldQuant?
WorldQuant
Quantitative Researcher Intern
Intern Difficult Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen Phone screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
The hiring process has two main parts: an online assessment and then three interviews with a researcher. The online assessment is a multiple choice test with 40 questions covering probability, math, and coding. After that, there are three separate interviews with a researcher, focusing heavily on probability questions similar to the green book.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Questions about my resume, probability, and math.
WorldQuant
Quantitative Intern
Intern Average Positive experience Accept offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
The interview involved technical questions covering math, python, machine learning, and brain teasers. There were also NLP related questions and brain teaser questions that were easy to medium difficulty, where you didn't need to solve the entire problem but could discuss your thought process. CV was also a component, making up 40% of the assessment.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- Were there any NLP related questions?
- What about brain teaser questions, were they easy to medium, where you didn't have to work out the whole problem, and could talk about your logics?
- Did you get any math questions?
WorldQuant Interview Questions
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“Given a directory with thousands of files, what command would you use to copy all files with the .html extension into a single zip file?”
Read reports →“The first player tosses a perfect dice 2017 times, and the second player tosses it 2016 times. What is the probability that the first player gets strictly more odd numbers than the second player?”
Read reports →“What are the odds of winning a game where the first player to roll a six wins with a fair die?”
Read reports →“Given five points located inside an equilateral triangle with sides of length 1, show that there must be at least two points that are closer than 1/2 to each other.”
Read reports →“In a country where boys are preferred over girls, parents keep having children until they have a boy. What is the resulting male to female ratio?”
Read report →“What's the count of numbers N between 100 and 400 (inclusive) for which N raised to the power of N is a perfect square?”
Read report →“Find the count of numbers N between 100 and 400 such that N raised to the power of N is a perfect square.”
Read report →“Consider a random permutation of numbers from 1 to 2017. What is the variance of the number of its fixed points (numbers that are not moved by the permutation)?”
Read report →“Considering a fair coin tossed a million times, what is the expected count of sequences featuring six consecutive heads followed by six consecutive tails?”
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