I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at D. E. Shaw India (Hyderābād) in Aug 2023
Interview
i had graph related question for the interview , I kinda felt it hard I'm not shortlisted to the next round of the interview , to be very honest the pre placement talk was mesmerizing to hear and it's one of the dream companies to be placed
They shortlist 500 students among 5000. The first thing was online test which comprises of 2 coding questions and aptitude questions and technical questions. 1 coding question was easy and other one was bit tough related to time constraints.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Bitwise and question, count number of zero bit subarray
1 coding round consists of 2 medium questions and 1 hard question.
technical interview round with 2 coding questions and some oops questions.
Some cs fundamental questions.
around 1.5 hr long interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Word ladder problem.
binary search on sorted array with k elements from last placed at front