Jane Street

SWE Intern Interview Experience - United Kingdom

December 8, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interviewer gave me a pin to enter an online coding editor, and we got to choose the language I am familiar with. The program will not be run.

We started with a basic question and then went further to discuss memory performance and time complexity, and tried to improve it.

Questions

Use data structure and algorithm related knowledge to solve a question.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Jane Street SWE Intern role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Jane Street's interview process for their SWE Intern roles in the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive20%

Neutral80%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Jane Street's SWE Intern interview process in United Kingdom.

Jane Street Work Experiences

Absolutely No Complaints

SWE Intern • Former Employee

November 27, 2022

Pros: I had no complaints working there.

Cons: There was really nothing bad.

Absolutely No Complaints

SWE Intern • Former Employee

November 27, 2022

Pros: I had no complaints working there.

Cons: There was really nothing bad.

Jane Street Intern

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Hong Kong, China

Pros: The work culture is lovely, and the people are very smart.

Cons: Sometimes it's a lot of work.

Jane Street Intern

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Hong Kong, China

Pros: The work culture is lovely, and the people are very smart.

Cons: Sometimes it's a lot of work.

Great Learning, Unfriendly Atmosphere

SWE Intern • Former Employee

October 6, 2025

Pros: It was great and I learned a good amount.

Cons: The atmosphere is not the friendliest.

Great Learning, Unfriendly Atmosphere

SWE Intern • Former Employee

October 6, 2025

Pros: It was great and I learned a good amount.

Cons: The atmosphere is not the friendliest.

Absolutely No Complaints

SWE Intern • Former Employee

November 27, 2022

Pros: I had no complaints working there.

Cons: There was really nothing bad.

5.0
Absolutely No Complaints
SWE Intern • Former Employee
November 27, 2022
Pros: I had no complaints working there.
Cons: There was really nothing bad.

Jane Street Intern

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Hong Kong, China

Pros: The work culture is lovely, and the people are very smart.

Cons: Sometimes it's a lot of work.

5.0
Jane Street Intern
SWE Intern • Current Employee
Hong Kong, China
August 2, 2024
Pros: The work culture is lovely, and the people are very smart.
Cons: Sometimes it's a lot of work.

Great Learning, Unfriendly Atmosphere

SWE Intern • Former Employee

October 6, 2025

Pros: It was great and I learned a good amount.

Cons: The atmosphere is not the friendliest.

4.0
Great Learning, Unfriendly Atmosphere
SWE Intern • Former Employee
October 6, 2025
Pros: It was great and I learned a good amount.
Cons: The atmosphere is not the friendliest.

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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