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Practicing for a Jane Street interview?

• ng12 4y ago
  FWIW I don't think Jane Street actually interviews anyone in OCaml except for maybe niche roles.
• yodsanklai 4y ago
  This isn't going to get you very far, it's quite basic and not really OCaml specific. These are classic functional programming examples which would translate easily to other languages. Incidentally, when I interviewed at JS (long time ago), they didn't even ask me OCaml questions (it was more maths/logic puzzle), but nowadays I think they go toward more FAANG style of interview. While they always attract OCaml/Haskell passionates (including academia dropouts), it would be counter-productive to restrict the pool of candidates to a specific language.
• c54 4y ago
  Jane street specifically recommends not interviewing in ocaml :)
  • filoleg 4y ago
    They explicitly say they don't recommend interviewing in OCaml just for the sake of doing so, as that's not going to net you any bonus points. But if that's your preferred language for interviews, it should work as well as any other one. Direct quote: "We also don’t award bonus points for using a functional language like OCaml. Please don’t use OCaml just because you think it will make us happy. We want to see you at your best, so you should use the language you’re most comfortable with. If OCaml isn’t your strongest language, then don’t use it."[0] 0. https://www.janestreet.com/preparing-for-a-software-engineering-interview/ https://www.janestreet.com/preparing-for-a-software-engineer...