Aqr Capital Management·Software Engineer

Aqr Capital Management Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Nov 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I got contacted through a headhunter and the process started with an online test that matched what other people seemed to describe—then I followed with a phone screen.

The phone conversation was fairly basic and focused on design and SQL schema.

After that, I was given a take-home project that felt significantly more complicated than the screen. They said it could take up to about eight hours, but the prompt was vague and not very explanatory. The assignment also leaned heavily on trading or investment vocabulary, and I felt disadvantaged by not having that domain context.

Even after putting in the effort, I never heard back afterward. I didn’t get an offer, and honestly the combination of vague instructions and domain-specific expectations made the whole

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