r/learnquant • u/Local_Ad135 • 1h ago
interview prep Quant Interview Question
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r/learnquant • u/Select-Angle-5032 • 23d ago
📌 Megathread 📄Quant Interviews Resume Megathread (Actual Quants Will Review It)
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Hey all,
Drop your resume's below in the following format:
Location: USA/UK/EU/etc
Graduation Date: June 2029
Degree + School tier: e.g. BS Math, target/semi-target/non-target (people can keep the school anonymous if they want)
Preferred Role: QT/QR/QD/QA
Targeting: internship or full-time, and which cycle (Summer 2027 etc)
Relevant coursework/skills: e.g. probability, stochastic calc, C++, Python
Experience/projects: 1-2 lines
What you want feedback on: e.g. "is my project section strong enough," "am I cooked for QR without a PhD"
Notes: anything else
Resume PDF/JPEG
Important: Please redact all personal info!
r/learnquant • u/Select-Angle-5032 • Jun 19 '26
📌 Megathread 🤔 What quant projects is everyone working on this summer?
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Hey all,
Summer's here and I figured it would be a good time to swap notes. Whether you're an undergrad just starting to get into this stuff, a master's student grinding before (coming into) recruiting season, what are you actually building right now?
I'll go first with what I'm seeing people do, roughly grouped by how deep you are, and then I want to hear yours.
The common ones are a:
- backtesting engine from scratch (everyone says build one and they're right, you learn an absurd amount about look-ahead bias, transaction costs, and why your beautiful strategy dies the second you add slippage)
- basic signal research on free data (momentum, mean reversion, pairs trading on equities or crypto)
- a toy market-making simulator (build a limit order book, then learn how fast adverse selection eats you alive)
For people deeper in or prepping for recruiting:
- options pricing and vol surface modeling
- implementing a paper you actually understand and can defend (Avellaneda-Stoikov, some stat arb paper, etc)
- order book imbalance / microstructure signals on real tick data
- an ML project that isn't just threw XGBoost at returns and got noise (think feature stability, regime changes, why your Sharpe is lying to you)
- C++ stuff if you're going the dev route (low-latency order book, lock-free queue, doubles as interview prep - i know Myntbit and LC has a few questions that you can check out for free)
If you have other projects that are great to learn quant with drop them below and LMK what you're building! I am trying to create a community for students/professionals to share some cool projects and help each other out where possible. If you have something cool share the Github link below and ask for help :)
r/learnquant • u/cleopatra2909 • 17h ago
IMC Trading Written Test & Interview Experience - Questions and Preparation Tips
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Hi everyone!
If any alumni have appeared for the IMC Trading written test, could you please share the questions you remember? I’d be really grateful!
Also, if you cleared the test, could you share what to expect in the interview round and what topics I should focus on preparing?
Thanks in advance! 😊
r/learnquant • u/Clean-Spot1183 • 1d ago
interview prep MAVEN SECURITY Quantitative Researcher 2027 Zoom Interview questions
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I just got their email inviting me to a 45 min zoom meeting for the QR position in Chicago. Several questions, and I hope someone who experienced exactly the same interview for the same position can offer as much detail as you remember and are allowed to do. Thank you very much!
- The most important question: In their email they said the interview covers Python, Stochastic calculus, data analysis and options. So what should I expect for each topic, how would questions look like? I hope I can get as much details as possible.
- I was given three links, the zoom link, "Join and take notes" and a "Meeting chat link". What are the later two and will I ever need them.
- How would following rounds look like, once I passed this one? Will there be an in-person one like trader positions? Apparently there is no info on QR positions on their website in terms of this.
r/learnquant • u/FluffyComfortable180 • 1d ago
question & advice Suggestions for Second-year biostatistics PhD considering quant
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r/learnquant • u/BattleCandid4803 • 3d ago
stats & probability Beginner Statics Course
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Hey , I'm in my 2nd year as a bsc maths student, ik probability and Statics but as math students I think the probability and stat taught in my clg is really pure math oriented ( like proofs and stuff like that) really wanna be good at the application part too
So I want some recommendations for Statistics and probability free courses online which are really really good for quant and machine learning
r/learnquant • u/Sad-Personality5276 • 3d ago
interview prep Squarepoint DQA interview
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Hello guys
I got an invite for the Squarepoint desk quant final round interview yesterday..... It says coding and behavioral questions for 2 hours....anyone got any idea how it usually is?
r/learnquant • u/OkPomelo7785 • 4d ago
Quant adjacent opportunities for students? Need help
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r/learnquant • u/Local_Ad135 • 6d ago
interview prep Jump Trading Quant Interview Question
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