I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Squarepoint Capital (Montreal, QC) in Mar 2025
Interview
began with coding assesment in either c++ or python. In the first phase your required to answer two different coding questions and your given an hour and 30 mins to complete it. Now i'm in the second phase and I have a technical interview in a couple of days and I need to prepare.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Two coding questions in python. Had to answer the questions on HackerRank
I applied online. I interviewed at Squarepoint Capital
Interview
5 Rounds (should have been 4, but messed up one and they made me go for another)
1. Online Coding Test, 1hr+, 3-4 questions
2. First Technical Interview, easy-medium Leetcode
3. Second Technical Interview, implement a thread pool in C++
4. Third Technical Interview, speed up a program using C++ threads, atomics etc.
5. Hiring Manager round
Was told after last round that they had no more head count for the role, so I was turned away
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one project/past internship work that you are most proud of and why
I interviewed at Squarepoint Capital (Montreal, QC)
Interview
First round, several easy / medium leetcode questions. Interviewer didn’t do a great job at explaining one of questions but the actual content was quite reasonable.
2 rounds of interviews, akin to a real dev problem, trying to determine how you approach solving a task.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Unpacking nested lists with arbitrary levels of nesting
