Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso G-Research nel mese di ago 2019
Colloquio
I had a first video interview, one 90min test on quantitative skills (math-stat-coding) and a second video interview. After these 3 they told me I did not performed good enough.
Nice experience overall, fun problems to solve and nice and kind people in both interviews and in HR.
I had no previous experience in interviewing for quantitative finance jobs and I have an academic background (phd+3years postdoc).
I found it a bit strange that they put strong emphasis on being able to solve fast simple mathematical problems (high school level - math olympiad style) or coding simple python functions. In my experience as a researcher, this correlates poorly with being a good researcher (finding the right questions, fighting with hard problems for months, have reliable results).
I felt I could have performed better in a interview like that when I was an undergraduate student.
I think this approach is common in these types of interviews for quant jobs, but I don't find it very optimal
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
- first videochat was mostly a coding interview, implementing a simple function in python (number theory inspired problem) I was also asked some stat/ml questions
- second videochat was in math, number theory problem and some probability problems
- test was in math, stat and coding
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso G-Research (Londra, Inghilterra) nel mese di mar 2026
Colloquio
The interview process consists of multiple stages with hard quantitative bars to be met. After CV screening, they send you their proprietary online assessment of 10 MC. Some questions seem unusual, some are intentionally tricky, but most are similar to standard quant brainteasers and you can pass if you have really grinded through standard material. Then, there is an online interview with a quant which will ask you technical questions in barrage. The bar probably depends on your answers' grades and how many questions you can answer. I did not expect some questions, so I was caught unprepared and I fumbled spectacularly.
lots of prob stats, i prepared using the greenbook, but I guess i didnt do as well as i thought i did
I also did some review of combinatorics and statistics, but still unsure about my performance
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso G-Research (Londra, Inghilterra)
Colloquio
Fairly straightforward. The questions were pretty standard for the most part, similar to what you would see in other quant researcher interviews, maybe a bit more on the stats end