I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at G-Research (London, England) in Sept 2016
Interview
Contacted by a recruiter. Asked to read two books on math finance. Did a 1.5 hour exam off-site. Passed the exam. Telephone interview with team member. Was told that company did not care about having no prior financial knowledge in my background but then proceeded to ask a lot of financial questions in the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Approximate sqrt(x).
n random variables are sampled iid from Uniform(0,a). Provide an estimator of a.
Compute the probability density function of the largest order statistic x_(n).
I applied online. I interviewed at G-Research (London, England) in Mar 2026
Interview
The interview process consists of multiple stages with hard quantitative bars to be met. After CV screening, they send you their proprietary online assessment of 10 MC. Some questions seem unusual, some are intentionally tricky, but most are similar to standard quant brainteasers and you can pass if you have really grinded through standard material. Then, there is an online interview with a quant which will ask you technical questions in barrage. The bar probably depends on your answers' grades and how many questions you can answer. I did not expect some questions, so I was caught unprepared and I fumbled spectacularly.
lots of prob stats, i prepared using the greenbook, but I guess i didnt do as well as i thought i did
I also did some review of combinatorics and statistics, but still unsure about my performance
Fairly straightforward. The questions were pretty standard for the most part, similar to what you would see in other quant researcher interviews, maybe a bit more on the stats end
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