Virtu Financial·Quantitative Researcher

Virtu Financial Quantitative Researcher interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United KingdomPosted Jan 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with very simple coding exercises—about five questions in 90 minutes—and I remember them feeling almost trivial, like generating Fibonacci numbers.

Shortly after, I had an HR Zoom call where they told me right at the beginning that I’d done really well on the coding. We went over my background and then moved into a couple of brainteasers.

What was frustrating was the outcome timeline: I got a rejection email soon after, after everything felt positive in the moment. I asked for feedback and initially didn’t receive any. Later, they sent a more detailed explanation that their decision wasn’t based purely on the test results, but also on holistic fit—behavior and interaction during the process, how I reasoned about the brainteasers, and

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