Yep. Quant finance has a very similar culture to FAANG companies when it comes to interviewing style. Yet practically every one in the field just realises that'

Yep. Quant finance has a very similar culture to FAANG companies when it comes to interviewing style. Yet practically every one in the field just realises that's how the game works, does some practice and gets on with it. No one likes going through this process, but once you realise that well-paying, prestigious jobs just require you to take a roughly standardised, undergrad-level test, it almost feels like cheating.