I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at DRW (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2011
Interview
1st round: Phone – easy going, nice guy, normal trading interview
Mostly behavioral –
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1. Why trading?
competitive
fast paced
etc.
2. When have you been competitive?
3. How did you gage success in [picked one] experience on resume?
Technical question... kind of –
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1. Game:
-winner says the number [any number, n] – goal is to beat the interviewer
-take turns adding [specified range] to previous number
-interviewer starts
-must construct a winning sequence of personal choices that positions yourself to win:
= {n, n-max(range), n - max(range) - max(range), ..., 0}
2. What order would you prefer to choose?
-second unless winning sequence starts [ordinal] within the range of numbers to add.
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Waiting to hear back for second round. It went well so I expect to.
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at DRW (London, England) in Feb 2025
Interview
The process lasted a total of 6 months, with a total of 7 interviews, a mix of technical interviews and tests. I had 2 'final' interviews.
The whole time I was kept in the dark about the status of my application and reasons for delay, despite constantly requesting this information. I asked to have a call, only to be told that the role isn't going to be filled and that they've lost the headcount. Terrible treatment on the back of a terribly managed process.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at DRW
Interview
The phone interview was primarily based on personality and fit questions, with a couple of brainteasers included near the end. There were almost no technical questions included, aside from the online mental math quiz.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If I gave you $100,000, what would you do with it? How many quarters would it take to fill a 20x20x10 foot room?
HR was very helpful, Interview time was arranged by email. Interviewer did not make you feel at ease but it is completely random who you get. A relatively important issue is that the call you through speakerphone and the sound coming through is somewhat muffled.