Application

I was shortlisted for quant trader and software role in Alphagrep securities in campus placements.

Interview

Resume Shortlist based on CPI
Online Assessment – 6 Quant question and 5 coding question in 2hrs.
Only one interview of 2 hours.

Insights on Interview Process :

Note that Interviews are more of a discussion rather than a question-answering session. So, try to involve the interviewer while solving a question. Do not stress on HR prep much if you are focusing on quant or software. I was not asked a single HR question in any of my interviews. The interviews will indeed be stressful try to take small breaks if you want and most interviewers are chill about it. Prioritize your companies accordingly – Don’t just sort the companies in decreasing order of pay. Try to know how difficult these interviews will be and, if possible have one or two backup company interviews between the dream companies.

Interview Questions

Quant

How would you estimate the value of pi using n sided die
Use a 1-5 random number generator to create 1-7 random number generator and code it
There are 2 random variables in unit of cm let’s say x and y having autocorrelation as some rho. Now X and Y are the same random variables but in units of m or km what is the new autocorrelation?

Software

Snake Ladder Question(interviewbit)
A simple binary tree question
Binary Search in matrix(can’t remember the exact question)

Preparation Resource

For Quant, you can use standard resources that are there - 50 CP, Xinfeng zhou, or past year company-wise questions at Puzzledquant. Understand the concept behind each of the problems.

For coding – Leetcode and Interviewbit Sometimes for quick revision or for learning a new algorithm I often referred to this website - https://cp-algorithms.com/