Great pay, great perks, average tech
Great pay, great perks, average tech
- Top-of-the-line compensation
- Best perks (cab, free food, firmwide/team parties, and outings are very common)
- Very employee-friendly; they care about their employees
- Average (slightly outdated) tech stack
- No room for technical growth
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D. E. Shaw Interview Questions
D. E. Shaw Interview Experiences
Prompt Engineer
Easy. Face-to-face, normal questions based on programming languages you know, and behavioral questions, and HR questions, like location and willingness to join immediately. A task was given to create a website application using AI tools.
Software Engineer
The first round was an OA. The second round consisted of three interviews back to back to back. The first was on CS fundamentals, where the interviewer asked me about DP and Sorting Algorithms. The next round focused on Math. Finally, I was given a L
Software Developer
OA for 4 LeetCode medium-hard problems. First round of interviews was supposed to be 4 hours long but was cut to 2 hours. The first interview with an engineer included 2 LeetCode medium questions and a data structure question. The second interview
Prompt Engineer
Hyderābād, Telangana, IndiaNovember 5, 2025Easy. Face-to-face, normal questions based on programming languages you know, and behavioral questions, and HR questions, like location and willingness to join immediately. A task was given to create a website application using AI tools.
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesOctober 11, 2025The first round was an OA. The second round consisted of three interviews back to back to back. The first was on CS fundamentals, where the interviewer asked me about DP and Sorting Algorithms. The next round focused on Math. Finally, I was given a L
Software Developer
United StatesOctober 6, 2025OA for 4 LeetCode medium-hard problems. First round of interviews was supposed to be 4 hours long but was cut to 2 hours. The first interview with an engineer included 2 LeetCode medium questions and a data structure question. The second interview
