Going to on-site soon. Any insight on interview type or compensation? What should I expect during the interview? Never interviewed with a hedge fund before.
I have a friend who works there. They have have this mentality, which I’m sure you can google about, where basically if someone fucks up and you know. It’s your job to throw them under the bus. And if it’s found out that you knew and didn’t fuck them over. It’s your ass on the chopping block. This doesn’t apply to just production issues. This mentality flows down all the way to the meetings. If you accidentally make a dumb comment you will be ridiculed.
You will be diagnosed and probed along with dots being added to your profile.
But the pay is good 😁
Yeah I think I heard that before. How good is the pay? I am looking around 400k total comp!
And how is the interview loop? Too technical or mixed?
Idk those details about the interview or $$. The culture is across the company. My friend isn’t an SDE he does networking.
Great company to work for! Be open minded and know they care about how you think, not what you did. - I worked there
Wow great to hear a positive feedback? How is the pay compared to MSFT? What made you switch?
Contract wasn't renewed lol. I was only there for a specific project. BW will always pay more. But it's mandatory to be onsite last I checked. Look if you can't handle giving a presentation and someone blurting out that you might be wrong and needing to defend your work right then and there... it's not for you. If you don't have the balls to call out your Skip's manager.... it's not for you. If you can't learn to NOT trust co-worker because they may be the enemy, It's not for you. If you can't handle the mandatory 10+ hour day requirements + increases in that requirement based on your level... it's not for you. If you can't understand that your responsibility is not your managers or your subordinates (I.e. Your manager can't dictate how something gets done if it isn't their responsibility), it's not for you. If you can't process (machines) your activity and you do everything adhoc.... you will fail miserably. Also for fun you should read Ray Dalio's book Principles.
I had offer from them.... interview was one kind of a experience!!! expect a lot of behavioral questions.. generally for those type of questions you probably need to say totally opposite than you generally would say for other companies... be very bold and open... read Ray's principles carefully... they follow those principles every single day.. pay is pretty good though if you can deal with their cult culture.. it's not for everyone
How technical is the interview? And I was wondering what to wear! Is Jeans and dress shirt enough for the interview? Or I should wear something more formal?
Yes, that should be enough I believe.. they always came as a group of 2... 1st two groups asked technical questions and white board coding.. leet code kind of.. rest of the folks asked non technical questions...
That place is a revolving door. Stay away.
Why is that?
I used to recruit for them ten years ago. They have this culture where they say it is flat, but it is not. If you challenge anything, you are gone. They keep a log of mistakes. And the recruiting team is horrible. It's like the palantir of the east coast. Their interview process is also exceptionally morbid. You'll be asked ridiculous questions just to see how you react and if you will actually stand up for yourself. It's just a bad culture.
Do you think if it is a good idea to torture an enemy to get the urgent information ? Pick a side and they will get two guys to debate you. If you say no but or yes but, you will be shown the door quickly.
They’re a cult. If you don’t match their required personality you’re automatically rejected
Elaborate please?
Read Principles by Ray Dalio