I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at WorldQuant (Seoul) in Jul 2015
Interview
"- what do you know about the industry? - Why hire you over others? - what are your strengths/weaknesses?" "Why do you want to be an Quantitative Researcher in this tough economic condition?" What was one thing that they asked you?" "Let's say there are 10 apples in the re-fridge. and all of them will be gone bad at the same speed. You are only able to have one apple per day. which of apple would you to have in each day?"
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at WorldQuant in Feb 2015
Interview
Did a pair of online tests, one personality test and math test. Them, got around 5-6 phone interviews scheduled with people around the world. The question will be very hard if you are unprepared but if you are familiar with math and logical thinking question, it will be very easy. I dropped out of the process because I got another job.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at WorldQuant (Hongkong) in Jan 2016
Interview
Online test for 1st round. I was given 40 mins for about 30 problems with strict time limit on each one.
They are about probability, linear algebra, algorithms etc. Some of the problems are difficult and this is the most difficult online test I have ever experienced.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Math, algo, probability etc. Some are very difficult.