Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. La procedura ha richiesto 3 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Two Sigma (New York, NY) nel mese di feb 2014
Colloquio
Phone call with HR, just selling the company, then 2 hour programming test (same questions others posted, but they seem to be different now). The time limit is quite strict and the website they use is very buggy. I finished with only 3 minutes left, and got nothing else on programming. Two more calls with quants, then full day onsite with 7 or 8 people. Most had fairly in-depth discussion on my research, followed by 2 or 3 brainteasers. Most interviewers were Chinese, some friendly and others less so. One barely spoke English and was very taciturn, so I couldn't tell if he understood anything I said. The last one was an MD who I didn't do as well on, but he seemed to dislike me from the outset and said they want winners of IMO and similar competitions, not experienced researchers, so it probably didn't matter. Finally two HR people with behavioral questions. Rejected a week later. Seemed like a great place, but very long process and some pretty random questions.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Expected value of game with 3 dice re-rolls
Sum of iid U[0,1] variables; find expected number of them to get a sum of 1.
Place bets on 7 World Series games to achieve a certain payoff
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Two Sigma (New York, NY)
Colloquio
It will be a phone interview first. They will ask you technical questions about probability/ statistics. The interviewer is friendly, but the question is not easy. The process is good.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
There are 11 people, they want to make sure that every 6 of them can open a box. How many keys at least for each person should have? How many locks? (One key can only open one lock, but one lock can be opened by many keys)
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite segnalazione di un dipendente. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Two Sigma
Colloquio
First round: multi variable time series modeling
Virtual Onsite: coding + research + talk about a paper you read recently + statistics foundations
Very likely failed in statistics foundations.
Need more serious preparations to get through the position.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
First round: multi variable time series modeling
Virtual Onsite: coding + research + talk about a paper you read recently + statistics foundations
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto una settimana. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Two Sigma (New York, NY) nel mese di nov 2023
Colloquio
Two rounds of probability theory followed by two rounds of coding. The probability theory round were consists of some puzzles, counting and Markov chains. They focused on random walks induced by certain real-life questions.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
I do not remember the exact questions but it was heavily focused on Markov chains.