1. Initial phone call from HR asking details of my qualifications, language proficiencies (spoken and programming), salary expectations etc.
2. Another skype interview with HR. It included basic intro, why I wanted to join the company, how soon can I start etc.
3. A technical interview with 2 people.
After all these interviews there has been no answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
HR questions: Introduce yourself, Why join BNP Paribas? What do you know about BNP Paribas, salary expectations, willing to work on bank holidays?
Technical questions: Explain something about your work(a problem that you solved etc). A math problem involving numbers, a related question regarding its implementation. Two programming questions: coin change problem and max sum of array problem.
Multiple interviews with brain teasers, stats questions, basic stochastic calculus. Mainly technical questions, but also on background, motivations. Questions can be found in famous books such as "A practical guide to quantitative finance interviews"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What happens when trying to do a regression based on heavily correlated features.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BNP Paribas
Interview
First a written exam onsite with questions on statistics, analysis and optimization.
Takes 2-3 days before answer.
On-site with 5 round interviews which is quite tiring. Felt quite welcoming. Questions about yourself, your projects, and some questions on finance, statistics and programming.