Quant Intern Preparation
Aditi Khandelia
Incoming Quant Researcher, Graviton
7992456316, [email protected]
Harsh Agrawal
Incoming Quant Researcher, Ebullient Securities
6397981114, [email protected]
Priyanshu Singh
Incoming Quant Researcher, Graviton
9506992619, [email protected]
Lucrative field.
Quant has earned a well-deserved reputation for being
one of the most profitable fields in CS currently, and
rightly so.
Why Quant?
Dynamic Industry
This is one of the few fields, with something for
everybody. There has been a boost in the no. of Indian
Quant firms as well, which provides a promise of future
opportunities.
Why Quant?
High Focus on Innovation
Quant involves Maths, Strategies, Systems, Algorithms,
and everything else in CSE. It respects novel ideas, and
will involve experiences very different from those
developed in college.
Competitive Fiel
Why Not Quant? Long Working Hour
College Education hasn’t given
adequate introduction to the field
But how to get in?
Probability and
Puzzles
Summer To-Do’s CF
It’s not just CF.
DSA
Systems
Probability
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If you have limited time or
Prob. Basics QuantGuide OR otherwise, do the following in
The theory you learned while preparing for Practically all you need to do. priority:
JEE is generally sufficient. Additionally, Religiously solve each and Relevant chapters of
make sure to understand concepts like every question - multiple Xinfeng Zho
random variables and expectation. A good times. 50-C
resource for this is Lec3: CS203 by Prof. Rajat Brainstellar
Mittal
Competitive Programming
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CodeForces Upsolve Use Tags
Give every contest.
Try to solve questions of rating Even in codeforces, you can
Some firms will outright ask atleast 1800 -- even if your avail questions belonging to
for your rating.
rating reflects otherwise. particular data structures etc.
Even the entrance tests will
primarily have questions
resembling the ones here.
Data Structures and Algorithms
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Geeksforgeeks IITK Notes InterviewBit OOPS
Geeksforgeeks can be a quick Not just DSA-1, but DSA-2 as Solve only the difficult and Very important. Every quant
solution to preparing DSA well. The argument of “we moderate level questions, and firm will ask atleast 2-3
effectively -- it will give have not been taught this” that too not in the trivial questions from here. Infact
questions as well as theory. seldom works. This will cover topics. Solving the whole many entrance tests will also
the essential theoretical parts. website is simply time have questions on these.Along
wastage. with reading up on the theory,
programming questions on
the same are required as well.
Systems
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OOPS CS220
CS253 OOPS section slides are good to start off.
Not all of CS220 content is
Also an excellent resource for C++ with a focus on OOPs, very asked, particularly you need to
helpful in SDE and HFT systems interviews: Cherno (YT Playlist) focus on caches and pipelining
For students not from a CSE, it’s recommended to reach out to your friends or seniors to obtain the
resources for CS courses. Alternatively, you can refer to any equivalent materials that you find useful or
have previously followed.
Our Experiences...
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Test
3 Coding question
Some Probability/Puzzles
Ebullient Securities
question
Role : Quantitative Researcher
Some questions on basics of
stocks/derivatives market (They
asked to read some initial
chapters from NISM Series 8 in
company’s PPT)
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Interview
4 Round
First round for probability and
puzzles questions and a coding
Ebullient Securities
question (easy-medium, if
Role : Quantitative Researcher
you’re fluent in standard quant
resources
Second round for oops
(medium-tough)
2
Interview
4 Round
Third, Resume round, asked
about projects
Ebullient Securities
Fourth, Talk with CEO. Casual
Role : Quantitative Researcher
talk but eliminating :/
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Test
Offline On-paper test in the presence
of company H
Questions on general mathematics,
Graviton Research
including probability, reasoning, PMI
etc
Capital LLP
Duration ~ 2 hours
Role : Quantitative Researcher
2
Interview
3 Round
First round on general
Graviton Research
mathematics, including PMI,
geometry, reasoning etc. Lasts
Capital LLP
around 30-40 min
Second round mainly on
Role : Quantitative Researcher
probability. They check not just
the answer, but the approach.
Also questions on resume and
campus activities.
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Also in the second round
questions on DSA and systems.
duration ~ 1 hour
Graviton Research
Third and final round with HR.
Will ask mostly about campus
Capital LLP
experience. Key is to be
Role : Quantitative Researcher confident. Don’t take this round
lightly at all. duration ~ 30-40
mins
Build your resume well
Use good and LIMITED resources
To sum up : Code, code and code
For the theory, stick to the courses
Take periodic breaks
We are open to questions !
