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Re:Jim Simons has died by infecto on Friday May 10, 2024 @12:45PM (#40321058)
They don't really hire finance people so I suspect most/all of the interview processes are heavy on the match/stat side.
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Re:Jim Simons has died by em500 on Friday May 10, 2024 @03:05PM (#40322722)
Quantitative finance interviews are pretty much all probability and stats questions.
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Re:Jim Simons has died by kccqzy on Friday May 10, 2024 @04:33PM (#40323503)
Yeah there's a famous but outdated book called A Practical Guide to Quantitative Finance Interviews by Xinfeng Zhou that gives you some idea of what questions they like to ask.
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