Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Marshall Wace (Londra, Inghilterra) nel mese di gen 2024
Colloquio
First step was an online behavioral interview. I was pretty nervous, but I wouldn't say it was that bad. The interviewer was okaysh but sometimes I couldn't understand her very well, unfortunately.
The weird thing is that a friend (a bit more experienced than me when it comes to interviews, I'd say) took the same interview just 30 minutes before I received the reject, and he received the reject at the same time. (I had taken the interview a few days back).
Maybe they had just already proceeded to the next phase with too many people already? If that was the case, it would have been nice of them to let us know.
Domande di colloquio [2]
Domanda 1
What would be the dream project for you to work on?
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Marshall Wace (Londra, Inghilterra) nel mese di nov 2025
Colloquio
Got to last round which involved a leetcode easy and a question testing my understanding of low level systems, so things like threads, memory, also number types.
Several interview stages before hand, first was an OA, the next few rounds involved a system design interview as well as a project demo
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
How would you efficiently find the sum of a file that had a billion numbers
Firstly we did resume deep dive, there are many cultural fit questions, in general they check if your vibe fit with the company's culture. That is all of my interview process, I don't think it's too hard
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Marshall Wace (New York, NY) nel mese di gen 2025
Colloquio
There are three rounds of interviews. I made it to the third, which is project walkthrough. They are asking really in-depth questions (like why are you using this technology instead of that.