The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm (New York, NY) in Sept 2019
Interview
I applied online and was contacted a few days after with a request to come into the New York office for an interview. At the office, I signed an NDA and was taken to a conference room where I was told I would meet with various interviewers. I was separately interviewed by two employees who asked me similar questions about why I was interested in the job, my previous work experience, how I managed workplace obstacles, etc. After these interviews, I was given two emails to copy edit.
Neither of the interviews went badly, but they didn't go great, and after the copy test, the recruiter who was coordinating the interview said he was checking to see if anybody else was available to interview, because it was campus season -- clearly an excuse while they deliberated over whether or not to proceed. After around 15 minutes, he came back and said that was it for the day and walked me out. The next week, I got an email saying they were moving forward with another candidate.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What would you change about your previous workplace?
I interviewed at D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm (New York, NY)
Interview
More thorough process out of a lot of other banks/financial institutions that i have interviewed at - included a take home assessment & another assessment to complete during the interview process.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm (New York, NY)
Interview
There were at least 5-6 rounds of interviews and it was a very drawn-out process, meeting with each person on the team. Be prepared to interview with them for at least one month if you make it to later stages.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Half of the interviews were more conversational and the other half were standard situational (e.g. tell me about a time when...)
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm
Interview
Recruiters were stoic and very hard to be engaging with. Questions were very standard, asks for writing sample, GPA, and test scores so be prepared to have that. Definitely a more challenging company to get an offer for.