G-Research

Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York

November 1, 2018

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone interview covering general programming knowledge and a HackerRank coding challenge.

Half day of on-sites with 3 interviews:

Systems design
Programming exercise
Algorithms & data structures

Was not invited back for second round of on-sites, but overall very enjoyable interview process. Very pleasant and intelligent interviewers and a great recruiter who was very forthcoming with information about the company and guidance about the interview process. Thanks Max! Received very detailed interview feedback on where I did and didn't perform well.

Overall great experience. A company that treats candidates with respect.

Questions

Under NDA

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the G-Research Software Engineer role in New York, New York.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

G-Research's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for G-Research's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.

G-Research Work Experiences

Good Company with Good Compensation

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, United Kingdom

November 20, 2021

Pros: Great colleagues, really positive and supportive work culture, great perks (free lunch and in-house barista) and really strong compensation.

Cons: The ‘work from home’ offering is fairly restrictive and senior management aren’t always ideologically aligned with the majority of the workers.

Good Company with Good Compensation

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, United Kingdom

November 20, 2021

Pros: Great colleagues, really positive and supportive work culture, great perks (free lunch and in-house barista) and really strong compensation.

Cons: The ‘work from home’ offering is fairly restrictive and senior management aren’t always ideologically aligned with the majority of the workers.

Great company

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, United Kingdom

February 13, 2022

Pros: Frankly a great company to work for. The people are extremely smart, dedicated, and nice. Work is impactful especially when working with quants. Hours aren't particularly long and environment is laid back. Very diverse problems to solve and things to build, from high performance financial algorithms to web services. Great perks (free lunch, lots of holiday (30+ days), actual free cafe in office with professional barristas)

Cons: The culture of secrecy is still very much a thing, albeit not as bad as in previous years (or so I've heard). I have to leave all electronics in lockers when arriving at the office. Half of the company (quants, engineers, etc) is forced to work in the office full time with 3 days of WFH (but gets extra holiday), other half can WFH as much as they want but can also opt into working in the office full time to get the extra holiday. I'm happy to work in the office, but this is a con for people with families. It is very much white male dominated, especially in engineering. GR badly needs more diversity.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, United Kingdom

February 13, 2022

Pros: Frankly a great company to work for. The people are extremely smart, dedicated, and nice. Work is impactful especially when working with quants. Hours aren't particularly long and environment is laid back. Very diverse problems to solve and things to build, from high performance financial algorithms to web services. Great perks (free lunch, lots of holiday (30+ days), actual free cafe in office with professional barristas)

Cons: The culture of secrecy is still very much a thing, albeit not as bad as in previous years (or so I've heard). I have to leave all electronics in lockers when arriving at the office. Half of the company (quants, engineers, etc) is forced to work in the office full time with 3 days of WFH (but gets extra holiday), other half can WFH as much as they want but can also opt into working in the office full time to get the extra holiday. I'm happy to work in the office, but this is a con for people with families. It is very much white male dominated, especially in engineering. GR badly needs more diversity.

G-Research is a great place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, United Kingdom

Pros: The colleagues are very smart. New technologies are used. There are plenty of resources available for investment in anything that's needed, i.e., more computers for the cluster. The pay is good.

Cons: There are very strict security procedures. No working from home except for support. Support is a pain due to procedures around logging on from home.

G-Research is a great place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, United Kingdom

Pros: The colleagues are very smart. New technologies are used. There are plenty of resources available for investment in anything that's needed, i.e., more computers for the cluster. The pay is good.

Cons: There are very strict security procedures. No working from home except for support. Support is a pain due to procedures around logging on from home.

Good Company with Good Compensation

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, United Kingdom

November 20, 2021

Pros: Great colleagues, really positive and supportive work culture, great perks (free lunch and in-house barista) and really strong compensation.

Cons: The ‘work from home’ offering is fairly restrictive and senior management aren’t always ideologically aligned with the majority of the workers.

4.0
Good Company with Good Compensation
Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, United Kingdom
November 20, 2021
Pros: Great colleagues, really positive and supportive work culture, great perks (free lunch and in-house barista) and really strong compensation.
Cons: The ‘work from home’ offering is fairly restrictive and senior management aren’t always ideologically aligned with the majority of the workers.

Great company

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, United Kingdom

February 13, 2022

Pros: Frankly a great company to work for. The people are extremely smart, dedicated, and nice. Work is impactful especially when working with quants. Hours aren't particularly long and environment is laid back. Very diverse problems to solve and things to build, from high performance financial algorithms to web services. Great perks (free lunch, lots of holiday (30+ days), actual free cafe in office with professional barristas)

Cons: The culture of secrecy is still very much a thing, albeit not as bad as in previous years (or so I've heard). I have to leave all electronics in lockers when arriving at the office. Half of the company (quants, engineers, etc) is forced to work in the office full time with 3 days of WFH (but gets extra holiday), other half can WFH as much as they want but can also opt into working in the office full time to get the extra holiday. I'm happy to work in the office, but this is a con for people with families. It is very much white male dominated, especially in engineering. GR badly needs more diversity.

5.0
Great company
Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, United Kingdom
February 13, 2022
Pros: Frankly a great company to work for. The people are extremely smart, dedicated, and nice. Work is impactful especially when working with quants. Hours aren't particularly long and environment is laid back. Very diverse problems to solve and things to build, from high performance financial algorithms to web services. Great perks (free lunch, lots of holiday (30+ days), actual free cafe in office with professional barristas)
Cons: The culture of secrecy is still very much a thing, albeit not as bad as in previous years (or so I've heard). I have to leave all electronics in lockers when arriving at the office. Half of the company (quants, engineers, etc) is forced to work in the office full time with 3 days of WFH (but gets extra holiday), other half can WFH as much as they want but can also opt into working in the office full time to get the extra holiday. I'm happy to work in the office, but this is a con for people with families. It is very much white male dominated, especially in engineering. GR badly needs more diversity.

G-Research is a great place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, United Kingdom

Pros: The colleagues are very smart. New technologies are used. There are plenty of resources available for investment in anything that's needed, i.e., more computers for the cluster. The pay is good.

Cons: There are very strict security procedures. No working from home except for support. Support is a pain due to procedures around logging on from home.

5.0
G-Research is a great place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, United Kingdom
May 6, 2018
Pros: The colleagues are very smart. New technologies are used. There are plenty of resources available for investment in anything that's needed, i.e., more computers for the cluster. The pay is good.
Cons: There are very strict security procedures. No working from home except for support. Support is a pain due to procedures around logging on from home.

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