Balyasny Asset Management·Software Engineer

Balyasny Asset Management Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

United KingdomPosted Nov 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a quick stage with business development, then landed in a sequence of two interviews with engineers right after each other.

The technical portion mixed behavioral questions, system design, and coding. One of the coding items felt like an easy LeetCode-style question, and there was also an odd black-box API question.

Even with the variety, the biggest thing I felt afterward was disappointment rather than confusion: they simply stopped progressing me after those rounds. I was told they picked people who applied directly through their website instead of coming through an external recruiter.

The experience left me frustrated because it was the only “feedback” I got. It wasn’t about how I performed technically—it was

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