Squarepoint Capital

Data Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom

November 16, 2024

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

1-hour pair programming on a complex data engineering problem. The programming language was Python and the coding exercise was mixed with general questions about programming in Python. The interviewer also asked basics of sorting algorithms and along with time and space complexities.

Questions

Stream of orders to be cached and stored in a limited memory data drive

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Squarepoint Capital Data Engineer role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Squarepoint Capital's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive0%

Neutral100%

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Squarepoint Capital's Data Engineer interview process in United Kingdom.

Squarepoint Capital Work Experiences

nice place to work at

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Montreal, Canada

November 17, 2022

Pros: Nice place to work at; free lunches, nice project, nice manager.

Cons: The development environment is very bad. Xforwarding application GUI; directly coming out of the 70ies.

nice place to work at

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Montreal, Canada

November 17, 2022

Pros: Nice place to work at; free lunches, nice project, nice manager.

Cons: The development environment is very bad. Xforwarding application GUI; directly coming out of the 70ies.

Like working at University

Data Engineer • Former Employee

London, United Kingdom

November 26, 2024

Pros: The company offers great benefits, lunch, and healthcare.

Cons: Final say is often coming from outside of London

Like working at University

Data Engineer • Former Employee

London, United Kingdom

November 26, 2024

Pros: The company offers great benefits, lunch, and healthcare.

Cons: Final say is often coming from outside of London

Micro-management and no transparency (might be only in my team)

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, United Kingdom

August 17, 2023

Pros: Friendly colleagues, decent office, free lunch

Cons: - During my probation period, the 2-level-up manager kept influencing product definition, system design, timeline estimation, and code implementation. An astonishing phrase from him: "I can do it within 2 hours". - We had 4 backend engineers and 3 front-end engineers working on the same project. We were delayed for one month (the manager defined the deadline). Even though the 2-level-up manager said it was no one's fault, I got punished in the end without any conversation.

Micro-management and no transparency (might be only in my team)

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, United Kingdom

August 17, 2023

Pros: Friendly colleagues, decent office, free lunch

Cons: - During my probation period, the 2-level-up manager kept influencing product definition, system design, timeline estimation, and code implementation. An astonishing phrase from him: "I can do it within 2 hours". - We had 4 backend engineers and 3 front-end engineers working on the same project. We were delayed for one month (the manager defined the deadline). Even though the 2-level-up manager said it was no one's fault, I got punished in the end without any conversation.

nice place to work at

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Montreal, Canada

November 17, 2022

Pros: Nice place to work at; free lunches, nice project, nice manager.

Cons: The development environment is very bad. Xforwarding application GUI; directly coming out of the 70ies.

4.0
nice place to work at
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Montreal, Canada
November 17, 2022
Pros: Nice place to work at; free lunches, nice project, nice manager.
Cons: The development environment is very bad. Xforwarding application GUI; directly coming out of the 70ies.

Like working at University

Data Engineer • Former Employee

London, United Kingdom

November 26, 2024

Pros: The company offers great benefits, lunch, and healthcare.

Cons: Final say is often coming from outside of London

3.0
Like working at University
Data Engineer • Former Employee
London, United Kingdom
November 26, 2024
Pros: The company offers great benefits, lunch, and healthcare.
Cons: Final say is often coming from outside of London

Micro-management and no transparency (might be only in my team)

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, United Kingdom

August 17, 2023

Pros: Friendly colleagues, decent office, free lunch

Cons: - During my probation period, the 2-level-up manager kept influencing product definition, system design, timeline estimation, and code implementation. An astonishing phrase from him: "I can do it within 2 hours". - We had 4 backend engineers and 3 front-end engineers working on the same project. We were delayed for one month (the manager defined the deadline). Even though the 2-level-up manager said it was no one's fault, I got punished in the end without any conversation.

2.0
Micro-management and no transparency (might be only in my team)
Software Engineer • Former Employee
London, United Kingdom
August 17, 2023
Pros: Friendly colleagues, decent office, free lunch
Cons: - During my probation period, the 2-level-up manager kept influencing product definition, system design, timeline estimation, and code implementation. An astonishing phrase from him: "I can do it within 2 hours". - We had 4 backend engineers and 3 front-end engineers working on the same project. We were delayed for one month (the manager defined the deadline). Even though the 2-level-up manager said it was no one's fault, I got punished in the end without any conversation.

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