I applied online. I interviewed at Jane Street in June 2015
Interview
interview Process was fun, lasted for a bit more than one hour. The lady who interview me was really nice, she helped me a lot especially with the fourth question which I got stuck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. 12% of 47
2. a deck of card (no joker), if I turn the first two cards around, find the probability that both cards will be ace
3. flip four coins, get $1 for head and zero for tail, find the price you need to pay to play this game
4. How confident are you with the previous questions you have answered?
5. a) roll two dice, add the values, you and your component to pick a number represents the sum of two dice, which number will you pick? would you go first or second
b) if the probability of getting 12 is 40% and the rest is a uniform distribution of 60%, which number would you pick now?
5. two player A, B are to play a game (7 rounds in total), the game terminates if any of the player wins 4 games. The winning probability of each player is a 1/2, find the probability that both players will be playing the 7th round.
I interviewed at Jane Street (London, England) in Jan 2026
Interview
einen runden spiele am Vormittag und dann programmieren am nachmittag.
Biem spiele hat man parallel wetten sollen, also ein buy and sell zwishudn ein sechseiiger Würfel und sowas. oder karten wetten auf das die karte rot ist und zwischen 5-9 was zahlst du für diesen output und so. anrfang rechnen danach abschärtzen udn Ergebnisse interpretieren
Overall, it was a pleasant interview experience. I answered a few personal questions and encountered one that was slightly confusing, but the interviewer was friendly, and the conversation flowed well overall
Probability questions, nothing crazy but quite open ended, they want to know your thought process and calculations. Pen and paper allowed but no calculator. No OA, a few rounds and got rejected. Zoom call with a trader.