Jane Street

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

September 1, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied last year. This year, a recruiter reached out and asked for my most recent resume. I sent it in and was asked to proceed to a phone interview with an engineer using CoderPad. I did not get passed this round.

Questions

Design open-ended types of questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 21 interview experiences for the Jane Street Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

14%

Pass Rate

Jane Street's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive52%

Neutral38%

Negative10%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Jane Street's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

Jane Street Work Experiences

Chill environment with enjoyable work

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

August 18, 2026

Pros: Everyone was pretty chill. I like the work.

Cons: There are not really any cons, so to speak.

Chill environment with enjoyable work

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

August 18, 2026

Pros: Everyone was pretty chill. I like the work.

Cons: There are not really any cons, so to speak.

Great Company, No Cons

Web Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Good company, all pros. Good luck.

Cons: No cons, no cons, no.

Great Company, No Cons

Web Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Good company, all pros. Good luck.

Cons: No cons, no cons, no.

Generally a good time

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Smart, sensible people who listen to you. A relatively low-ego environment.

Cons: Kind of intense work hours and culture (9-10 hours/day).

Generally a good time

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Smart, sensible people who listen to you. A relatively low-ego environment.

Cons: Kind of intense work hours and culture (9-10 hours/day).

Chill environment with enjoyable work

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

August 18, 2026

Pros: Everyone was pretty chill. I like the work.

Cons: There are not really any cons, so to speak.

5.0
Chill environment with enjoyable work
Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee
New York, NY
August 18, 2026
Pros: Everyone was pretty chill. I like the work.
Cons: There are not really any cons, so to speak.

Great Company, No Cons

Web Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Good company, all pros. Good luck.

Cons: No cons, no cons, no.

4.0
Great Company, No Cons
Web Developer • Current Employee
East District
April 4, 2021
Pros: Good company, all pros. Good luck.
Cons: No cons, no cons, no.

Generally a good time

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Smart, sensible people who listen to you. A relatively low-ego environment.

Cons: Kind of intense work hours and culture (9-10 hours/day).

5.0
Generally a good time
Software Engineer • Former Employee
May 25, 2022
Pros: Smart, sensible people who listen to you. A relatively low-ego environment.
Cons: Kind of intense work hours and culture (9-10 hours/day).

Jane Street Interview Questions

Count Common Words With One Occurrence

You are given two lists of words. Find the number of words that appear exactly once in each of the two lists.

Walking Robot Simulation

Simulate a robot's movement on an infinite grid based on a sequence of commands and obstacles. Determine the square of the robot's final Euclidean distance from the origin.

ArraysGreedy Algorithms

Minimum Time to Make Array Sum At Most x

You are given an array and want to minimize the time to make its sum at most a given value. You can reorder the array elements strategically to achieve this minimum time.

ArraysDynamic Programming

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