Quant trading behavioral interview

[@CodingJesus]

This consulting client of mine ended up landing a six-figure Quant Developer role at one of the world’s top proprietary trading firms.

[@pengsenmao4643]

hey coding Jesus, I am a big fan of your channel, I am graduating next year and really keen to make into optiver/akuna capital. Is there any chance you can do a mock interview with me ? Thanks a lot.

[@nallurilavanya2636]

coding Jesus why are you not doing videos

[@luckieoleary6459]

This channel is underrated.

[@luckieoleary6459]

@Coding Jesus stop with the BOTS

[@nitro7327]

as someone who went through the rounds with some of those companies for trading, very similar. solid advice

[@roneilboodie6735]

I’m not a quant developer or educating myself on that but interest in coding and this is helping

[@nithinmohan3140]

It was very informative, especially the STAR point. I will remember that. Thanks. 'Tell me about yourself' was also spot on. Thanks for that too

[@kbisht3680]

you are a god. Other people online do not have any idea how to teach people how to do these behavioural interviews

[@adamsusel3801]

Any tips on finding smaller quant firms to do internships at? The massive ones (DE Shaw, Two Sigma, etc) always come op in job searches but I feel like there’s probably a lot of smaller firms out there to apply to that that would increase my chances

[@Yuvraj.S]

Did you find any? I hope you did as your comment is 2 years old.

[@jeevacation]

@@Yuvraj.S Did you get any insights aswell?

[@Yuvraj.S]

@@jeevacation nah, stuck in a mediocre support job

[@jeevacation]

damn that sucks; is there a good pathway to quant in India or its bad and you should try to leave? @@Yuvraj.S

[@Yuvraj.S]

@@jeevacation there is a very tough competition if you're aiming for HFTs especially in India. Most of the time they hire IITians. I'm not even trying for a software developer role, but still no luck in getting any interview calls

[@merkonerko2]

I like that STAR framework a lot, it's very similar to what we have to do in the (Canadian) military. Whenever you're saying anything to a superior we use SAR, situation, assessment, recommendation

[@yellow-dino]

I think it's too boring and formal, and removes much of personality in things. It can also make people way to reliant on a process, rather than taking personal actions

[@CodingJesus]

@@yellow-dino Feel free to create your own channel and provide your own interview advice.

[@yellow-dino]

@@CodingJesus thanks. I take it you don't agree that it feels way to corporate-like? :D

[@jonathaneidam2289]

Thanks for the content! You’re making a huge impact with this video 👏

[@ThomasShadamu]

This is very helpful, thank you very much!

[@ryancai6620]

Can you talk about how to prepare for the tech interview round? I heart that lots of detailed questions about your resume , your research and projects will be asked there. maybe a mock interview on that too?

[@jackylalo1]

very helpful tips, thank you CJ

[@yihanlu9071]

Thank you for making this video. It's so useful!

[@poppet-t1229]

hello man, came here from Jake Tran's channel, ur shit is cool

[@kevinshen3221]

i got more out of this 18min than reading breaking into wallstreet lol

[@nasa7954]

Thx coding Jesus. I enjoy your content v much.

[@amithbanakar8464]

Amazing video!

[@earlcharles6306]

Great video as always! I would like to know if the expectation of extraordinary mental arithmetic holds true in technical interviews, and if so, do you think one can reach that level through practice alone?

[@gabrielprelaz1290]

Outstanding video

[@kookiepatooti]

Alright wtf is YT doing I'm trying to click notifications for all and it automatically shifts to none literally infront of my eyes!

[@amitkolgaonkar]

Amazing

[@dinardoworldwide]

So good!

[@bryceking674]

I recently sent out apps and didn’t realize there would be a test following in a constrained period of time. I have 72 hours to take my first exam. What should I brush up on before I start the exam?

[@rafaelladeia7278]

Coding, awesome video, however! One question: what do you think about using Fourier Transformation and/or Brownian models to price low-timeframe forecasting?

[@raysshine3504]

So I take it that you majored either computer science or Economics.

[@koushikkarmakar4589]

This video is ossam

[@praneethchandu7236]

Damn that was pretty great

[@ryandaniels3258]

This was very helpful.

[@MkItReign]

I like the color of the shirt, pre nice

can a junior developer find a job as a quant? what do you recommend if we want to do that?

[@a.2735]

3min Star method )note)

[@MegaMitrandir]

simply God - God descended upon your firm )))

[@marcels.1225]

Real informative and helpful you videos. Keep them coming. Just out of curiosity, what age are you roughly.

[@CodingJesus]

-2

[@royjuxon]

@@CodingJesus i.e. 31

[@datsmydab-minecraft-and-mo5666]

If you don't have a college degree and want to get into quant research what advice would you give?

[@alessiocianini5125]

get a college degree

[@resa574]

And then spend 4-6 years getting your phd

[@punjab9100]

coding jesus, how the hell do i get good at the maths tests these guys set. I have to do 80 questions in 8 minutes?

[@peterboylan8560]

zetamac arithmetic

[@lindaliu1484]

you rly look like ariana grande, has anyone told you this before?

[@yellow-dino]

Some good answers, but seems way american/british to me and not much honesty in the answers. Very much sell sell sell and buzzwords, few developers talk like that. Also this whole timing of the interview tell me about yourself, some people have more some have less to tell. Not everything needs to be measured

[@CodingJesus]

He ended up landing a six figure entry level position as a Quant Dev straight out of university.

[@yellow-dino]

Nice to hear for him! If that's what one want to optimize for sure, but my point is more that we as interviewers also can give companies a level or respect and authenticity, and someone judging that you talk about say your dogs isn't someone I would like to work for anyway.

[@chocolateearrings]

It seems to be the American interviewing culture and it works

[@yellow-dino]

@@chocolateearrings so very fake and shallow, not learning about the person. very american indeed

[@abdulshakirkhan1651]

Your hairs are so messy ,they keep deviating me from what you say. But keep up the good work.

[@yellow-dino]

I think it adds to his personality. Everyone don't need to look like some superficial investment banker

[@hughmungus1072]

I could come dressed in full 🤵and not know zilch and procrastinate at work... I have seen people at work come in shorts and tees and they used to put in 10+ hours and they were at the top of their game in their domain.... Sadly people still judge others superficially.🤷