I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at G-Research (London, England) in Sep 2016
Interview
Contacted by a recruiter. Asked to read two books on math finance. Did a 1.5 hour exam off-site. Passed the exam. Telephone interview with team member. Was told that company did not care about having no prior financial knowledge in my background but then proceeded to ask a lot of financial questions in the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Approximate sqrt(x).
n random variables are sampled iid from Uniform(0,a). Provide an estimator of a.
Compute the probability density function of the largest order statistic x_(n).
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at G-Research (London, England) in Jun 2016
Interview
A written test on statistics, maths, finance and programming, the questions are varied and some are very difficult. It is definitely worth checking their example test on the website first. This was followed by a face to face interview with a researcher, this was also quite tough and focused on more of the same types of questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If I break a stick of unit length into three random pieces, what’s the expected length of the largest piece?
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at G-Research
Interview
I'm french. A head-hunter got my CV to G-Research. One week later, still through the head hunter, G-Research was "impressed" by the academic background, then wanted to submit a 90 min test. No any communication with G directly, even if I tried through social networks...
I worked hard for the test, whereas I didn't get precise idea about the questions. I just knew that there were five parts, and I really was encouraged to read the first part of a book.
Result: I didn't understand at all the spirit of the test, and hard working with the book was completely useless for the test. Unfortunately I didn't get it, and the result was still announced by the head-hunter.