Crypto quant

Jan 12 9 Comments

Has anyone interviewed with Jump trading crypto QR role recently? what type of questions do they ask? The have asked for an initial 30 min coding interview. I was wondering whether this is just a classical LC type problem or do they expect to write smart contracts?

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  • How in the world are you working at Deloitte but have the QR skills to go to Jump?
    Jan 13 3
    • You're an engineering intern in January? Do you have your PhD or are you still finishing it? Sorry to be blunt here, but it's just weird that someone with a math PhD would be at Deloitte doing engineering. What sort of school is your PhD from?

      As for Jump - the code question will not be about smart contracts. It will likely be a LC medium difficulty question. There will likely not be a mental math test, that's just for trading usually.

      I'm in QR at JPM (I have a stats PhD). What specifically is your PhD in? Do you know how to code in either Python or C++?
      Jan 13
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      Yes. It is about to finish, I am practically done. It is not top school but maybe top 20. My PhD is pure and is related to algebraic geometry (I don't want to disclose more than this). Yes I can code in Python and I have done internships in ML .
      Jan 13
  • They do not expect you to write smart contracts in the interview. It is going to be a LC type problem.
    Jan 12 0
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    They (and most tier 1 & 2 hedge funds/prop shops/market makers) don't ask questions involving finance knowledge for new grads unless you have finance experience through internships or you're a finance major.

    Idk if anything's different for the crypto QR role, but for plain vanilla QR, beyond the typical LC & probability, you can expect C++ specific questions, multithreading, and sometimes they annoyingly ask very low level questions (yes, for research roles).

    Also try to interview with Virtu if you're interviewing with Jump. I heard Jump/Virtu double each other's offers.
    Jan 13 0
  • Also brush up on algometrics. Also did you already pass the mental math test?
    Jan 12 2