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D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm Interview Questions

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StrategyStart here. 5 questions · ~42 min
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System Design3 questions · ~25 min
Design a Global Task-ID SystemMedium
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Assesses system design ability for distributed ID generation in a financial systems context.

system architecturedistributed systemstask managementDD. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm
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Technical Fundamentals7 questions · ~59 min
TCP vs UDP FundamentalsMedium
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Tests understanding of transport protocols and their trade-offs in trading/infrastructure workloads.

NetworkingprotocolsDD. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm
Virtual Address SpacesMedium
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Evaluates knowledge of memory management and process isolation in performance-critical systems.

memory managementvirtualizationDD. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm
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Statistics & Probability9 questions · ~75 min
Frog on Lily Pads: Cover TimeHard

Tests stochastic processes and Markov chain cover times.

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Finance & Accounting6 questions · ~50 min
Explain NPV vs IRR in Investment AppraisalMedium

Assesses understanding of NPV and IRR concepts and their practical application in DE Shaw's investment context.

irrnpvDD. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm
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Behavioral & Leadership16 questions · ~134 min
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More topics4 questions · ~34 min
Median of Two Sorted ListsHard
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Find the median of two sorted lists using binary search over the shorter list.

binary searchArraysSortingDD. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm
Resolve Conflicting Stakeholder PrioritiesMedium

Explain how you align stakeholders with competing priorities, make trade-offs explicit, and keep execution on track.

Trade-offsRisk AssessmentScope ManagementDD. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm
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