Jump Trading

Software Developer Interview Experience - Chicago, Illinois

February 1, 2010

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Very competitive; most candidates were from CS of CMU.

Questions

Multi-threaded programmer

How virtual functions work

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Jump Trading's interview process for their Software Developer roles in Chicago, Illinois is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Jump Trading's Software Developer interview process in Chicago, Illinois.

Jump Trading Work Experiences

Good company to work at

Software Developer • Former Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

August 20, 2023

Pros: Lots of offices, so travel to many places is a perk. Groups have good projects. People are friendly (mostly).

Cons: The Linux group can be difficult to work with. There is project overlap, and you might find that you have to compete with others. I think this is a fault of management in general, but to be fair to them, they have to struggle with the politics of the job.

Good company to work at

Software Developer • Former Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

August 20, 2023

Pros: Lots of offices, so travel to many places is a perk. Groups have good projects. People are friendly (mostly).

Cons: The Linux group can be difficult to work with. There is project overlap, and you might find that you have to compete with others. I think this is a fault of management in general, but to be fair to them, they have to struggle with the politics of the job.

not really that great

Software Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: It's a trading company, so pay is better than average, though the work can be uninspired. Many smart people are around.

Cons: I have not been here so long, but it feels bloated and maybe struggling with so much tech debt and too many people. It is surprising how much process is manual and not the right tool for the job.

not really that great

Software Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: It's a trading company, so pay is better than average, though the work can be uninspired. Many smart people are around.

Cons: I have not been here so long, but it feels bloated and maybe struggling with so much tech debt and too many people. It is surprising how much process is manual and not the right tool for the job.

It used to be a good place to work, but now there's too much politics

Software Developer • Former Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: Decent work environment, if you can handle the whole open concept type of seating arrangement. Pay seems pretty good.

Cons: Too much politics. Either you're in the group of golden children or you're definitely not. Too many high-level people, yet not very good project management.

It used to be a good place to work, but now there's too much politics

Software Developer • Former Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: Decent work environment, if you can handle the whole open concept type of seating arrangement. Pay seems pretty good.

Cons: Too much politics. Either you're in the group of golden children or you're definitely not. Too many high-level people, yet not very good project management.

Good company to work at

Software Developer • Former Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

August 20, 2023

Pros: Lots of offices, so travel to many places is a perk. Groups have good projects. People are friendly (mostly).

Cons: The Linux group can be difficult to work with. There is project overlap, and you might find that you have to compete with others. I think this is a fault of management in general, but to be fair to them, they have to struggle with the politics of the job.

4.0
Good company to work at
Software Developer • Former Employee
Chicago, Illinois, United States
August 20, 2023
Pros: Lots of offices, so travel to many places is a perk. Groups have good projects. People are friendly (mostly).
Cons: The Linux group can be difficult to work with. There is project overlap, and you might find that you have to compete with others. I think this is a fault of management in general, but to be fair to them, they have to struggle with the politics of the job.

not really that great

Software Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: It's a trading company, so pay is better than average, though the work can be uninspired. Many smart people are around.

Cons: I have not been here so long, but it feels bloated and maybe struggling with so much tech debt and too many people. It is surprising how much process is manual and not the right tool for the job.

3.0
not really that great
Software Developer • Current Employee
Chicago, Illinois, United States
July 4, 2023
Pros: It's a trading company, so pay is better than average, though the work can be uninspired. Many smart people are around.
Cons: I have not been here so long, but it feels bloated and maybe struggling with so much tech debt and too many people. It is surprising how much process is manual and not the right tool for the job.

It used to be a good place to work, but now there's too much politics

Software Developer • Former Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: Decent work environment, if you can handle the whole open concept type of seating arrangement. Pay seems pretty good.

Cons: Too much politics. Either you're in the group of golden children or you're definitely not. Too many high-level people, yet not very good project management.

4.0
It used to be a good place to work, but now there's too much politics
Software Developer • Former Employee
Chicago, Illinois, United States
July 15, 2019
Pros: Decent work environment, if you can handle the whole open concept type of seating arrangement. Pay seems pretty good.
Cons: Too much politics. Either you're in the group of golden children or you're definitely not. Too many high-level people, yet not very good project management.

Jump Trading Interview Questions

Happy Number

Determine if a number is a 'happy number'. A happy number eventually reaches 1 when replaced by the sum of the squares of its digits, repeating the process until it does.

RecursionHash Table

Permutation Sequence

Given a number n and an integer k, find the kth lexicographical permutation of the sequence 1, 2, ..., n. Essentially, you need to generate the kth permutation without explicitly calculating all the preceding permutations.

ArraysRecursionBacktracking

Subtree of Another Tree

Determine if one binary tree is a subtree of another binary tree. That is, check if the structure and node values of the smaller tree exactly match a portion of the larger tree.

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