I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at FINRA (Rockville, MD) in Nov 2013
Interview
Interview and screen process is very stringent. Has a phone screening and then in person 3 hrs long interview with 4 person. During the interview the questions asked were very detail oriented and granular. I think the interviewer were too focused on the syntax rather then the problem solving skill or approach. They would expect you to write a compile able code on whiteboard while saying they don't care if it worked or not. I think they were very focused on the theoretical lang skills versus software development and logical skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Expectation to write correct code syntax on the whiteboard or paper
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at FINRA (New York, NY) in Dec 2023
Interview
Two hour interview of technical questions including Python, Numpy, and Pandas.
Some questions were very basic while others were very obscure.
There were two separate interviewers, one for each hour. They asked some overlapping questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you reverse a list in Python without using the reverse method?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at FINRA (Rockville, MD)
Interview
The interview covers anything you have on your resume. It usually involves a few rounds and you often are interviewed by different employees who have expertise in a given area against what your resume says. Anything on your resume is fair game -- and it is better to know it well and experientially rather than academically.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I forget the exact question-- but it was something about reordering a list in a particular manner (e.g. count the number of duplicate letters while arranging all the letters in alphabetical order). My understanding is that these types of questions are fairly common.
Application process was online and easy to navigate. I received an automated response the application was accepted. I received an immediate response from Human Resources that my application will be reviewed. Getting interviews with the hiring manager took a very long time.
