I applied through university. I interviewed at D. E. Shaw India (Jalandhar, Punjab) in Aug 2020
Interview
It is an online hiring drive in my college. First, they have taken a coding round in which questions of aptitude, CS subjects and two coding questions were there. They selected 15 students in that round, After that they have taken virtual interviews. I have been asked about my coding round and two coding questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1.Combination Sum 4 on leetcode.
2. Graph connected components based medium problem.
I applied through university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at D. E. Shaw India (Guwahati) in Aug 2024
Interview
There was 1 Online Assessment consisting 3 coding questions and then 2 offline interview rounds lasting for around 1 hours each. The rounds were medium to hard level of difficulty.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't remember the coding questions clearly but they were medium to hard level of difficulty. The interview was mainly focused on Database Management Systems, Smart Pointers, Object Oriented Programming and each interview round consisted of 2 DSA questions. The striver's A-Z DSA sheet covered most of the DSA questions. In DBMS they focused on concepts such as NOSQL, B-Tree etc.
I applied through university. I interviewed at D. E. Shaw India (Mumbai) in Jul 2024
Interview
Three online assessment questions, one was a mathematical based question, one was a matrix optimization question, and a tree question. Total time was 90 minutes, with 25 minutes for first question and 35 minutes for second and third
I applied through university. I interviewed at D. E. Shaw India
Interview
Cleared round 1 coz of great resume and work experience. In round 2, got a little cocky and wasn't able to answer dsa questions where they asked me lru cache and how to create a text editor.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cleared round 1 coz of great resume and work experience. In round 2, got a little cocky and wasn't able to answer dsa questions where they asked me lru cache and how to create a text editor.
