I applied online. I interviewed at Jane Street (New York, NY) in Sept 2020
Interview
Applied online, and received a very prompt response within a couple of days to schedule a phone interview. The phone interview is an hour long, and consists almost entirely of a series of coding questions that build off of each other and increase in difficulty. The first couple of questions I got were leetcode-medium/easy, which I was able to solve within 20 mins. The next question was much harder and more open-ended. I was only able to code a brute force solution for this one. There was a couple of follow-up questions, which I was able to give verbal answers for.
Was invited for a virtual on-site next. Consisted of a couple of 1hr 15 min interviews with 2 interviewers in each round. The first interview involved a leetcode style problem, while the second was focused on object oriented design, and neither required any particular 'trick' to solve. I was able to code an ugly but working solution to the first problem, and only half a solution to the second one. Was booted out rather rudely after a short break. I suppose they're only looking for people who can code flawlessly and clinically.
it was nice. He was very kind and talkative. he explained the problem quite clearly. It was good experience. Will apply again definitely. Jane street is very good. You guys shud apply too
Fast and efficient, everyone is friendly.
The interview was fully techinical, no background or behavioral questions for me. The style is very collaborative — asking for hint in a proper way would be considered a plus I guess.
First round was online, one round of 1hr class design questions.
Given a class interface, you need to implement it with another given class interface. My question is like a general tree question.
You kinda need to go far enough to get to next round, so if you're too slow or have trouble solving easier parts, you cannot make it. I didn't move on.
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