WorldQuant·Quantitative Analyst

WorldQuant Quantitative Analyst interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

Greenwich, CTPosted May 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview started with two phone screenings, followed by several long online programming tests.

Then I went onsite for a full day from about 9am to 5pm, and the whole setup felt unusually cold and procedural. I wasn’t taken on a tour, and there was little warmth from anyone I encountered.

When I arrived, it was an open office environment and I was quickly directed to a computer. Later I was led into a small room and handed a test paper with a warning that it would be difficult and would require careful time management for an hour. I tried to work through it, but I ran out of time. After the test, I was brought into an algorithmic discussion where I had to write compilable, bug-free

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