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I've interviewed with plenty of financial firms (large banks, asset management companies, smaller trading software firms, etc.) for engineer positions. The inte
by coffeemug 17y ago
I've interviewed with plenty of financial firms (large banks, asset management companies, smaller trading software firms, etc.) for engineer positions. The interviews are focused more on concurrency primitives, language features (knowing your tools), and database features (it's just too important in the financial world), with a bit of puzzles and basic computer science thrown in. It's not super hard, but it's also not a walk in the park. The questions are slightly different because of a different culture, but I can't say that it's radically different from a tech company interview, nor is it significantly easier.
- klein_waffle 17y agoWait, you mean financial software positions. The linked article is about interviews for analysing firms or how to execute deals.
- coffeemug 17y agoYes, I mean financial software - I should have clarified it better. The discussion turned to a general "which interview is harder" question, so I thought I'd chime in. I have no idea what high powered analysis interviews are like - I don't know anything about this. I do know that I've met some incredibly smart analysts, so I can't imagine them being easy.