I applied online. I interviewed at Acadian Asset Management
Interview
The interview process was extremely lengthy (approximately 4 months) and I had to routinely reach out several times for status updates. When asked if they had a particular timeframe to hire they would respond with “no, we’re just waiting for the right person.”
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Very generic interview question such as “tell me about yourself?”
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Acadian Asset Management
Interview
It was an online interview, held on teams, scheduled a week before. During the interview, they asked about some behavioral questions and intro-level math and stats questions that should be doable if you went through the green book.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
pretty simple math problem, like the variation of expected return of a dice toss problem. Pretty similar to a question on the green book
I interviewed at Acadian Asset Management (Boston, MA)
Interview
1. OA with 2 coding questions, not that hard
2. HR round for 20 minutes
3. R1 with Team head
4. R2 with members of the team. ~ 3hrs, including resume/stats/live coding..etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Assumptions underlying OLS, and further applications in ridge/lasso