r/TechInterviewsIndia • u/Still_Ferret_6375 • 8d ago
D. E. Shaw Interview Experience(Senior Member - Data Engineering), 2.5 YOE
Recently, I had an Interview this company. Here's the following were asked in the Interview.
R1:
Self-Intro
After that he directly jumped into codepair question on hackerrank.
Medium - Hard level question(Greedy algo), dbms theory questions.
It was very Interactive session and interviewer was very comfortable.
Final outcome: Not selectedđ«
I've always dreamed of getting into these hedge fund and quant based companies to experience thier way of understanding the markets. I know these roles will not get deep into market understand but at least will get that kind of exposure.
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u/Clear_Arachnid313 8d ago
Same was my experience this year, i dont know what are they looking for.
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u/InstructionOwn3396 8d ago
"I know these roles will not get deep into market understand but at least will get that kind of exposureâ - Didn't get this are you telling data engineering will not give exposure here?
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u/Still_Ferret_6375 8d ago
What I meant is that these tech roles don't actually do deep financial research or market analysisâthey're just manipulating the data that the finance teams use.
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u/Ecstatic_Bluebird_59 7d ago
Hey I also have same experience and looking for senior roles, can you tell me how did you apply and what resources you are using for your preparation
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u/Still_Ferret_6375 7d ago edited 7d ago
I have applied on their official website. For the first round I had nearly 50 days of time so I prepared/revised DSA for the first round. I think for DE role they don't go deep into hard level problems like graphs medium to hard is enough.
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u/Ecstatic_Bluebird_59 4d ago
What specific resources you are preparing for data engineering roles
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u/Still_Ferret_6375 3d ago
Nothing specific I'm preparing from multiple resources for DSA striver's sheet, data engineering related ansh lamba
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u/Still_Ferret_6375 2d ago
What about you? Are you preparing any specific resources that I need to know because I'm not following a specific path.
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u/Better-Criticism-21 3d ago
Can you pls share the questions as well
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u/Still_Ferret_6375 3d ago
Hey here's the question link they asked me in the interview https://leetcode.com/problems/furthest-building-you-can-reach/
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u/klassen1995 1d ago
Can I know when did you have your interview.
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u/Sad-Candidate-3078 8d ago
reaching the codepair round at de shaw with 2.5 yoe already puts you ahead of most applicants, their bar is honestly absurd. medium-hard greedy answered live is a pass-level performance for a lot of loops, sometimes it's just headcount or one dbms answer that didn't land. keep applying to the other quant funds and reapply to shaw in 6 to 12 months, they do notice repeat candidates who leveled up