Tradebot Systems Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (30%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

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Interview Difficulty (67%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Year 2013
Job Title Trader
Group/Division North American Equities
Location Kansas City
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Algorithmic Equity Trader Interview - North American Equities

Anonymous employee in Kansas City
Interviewed: September 2013
Date Submitted: Nov 09, 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
A recruiter from Tradebot contacted my University's math department who then in turn contacted high achieving math students (including myself). After sending in my resume I got a call from Tradebot the very next day. We then set up a one-on-one interview with Dave Cummings (the founder of the company).

If you receive a thumbs up from Dave, you then set up additional interviews with Dave, the C-level employees, the heads of each division, and a group of employees from the department you're interviewing for. This set of interviews is designed to test fit, aptitude, and motivation.

Since Tradebot is relatively small, they are extremely picky about their new hires and thus you must get a unanimous thumbs up from everybody you interview with. My best advice would be to convey motivation to work hard and excitement about markets.
Interview Questions
Explain how you would model a baseball player hitting a ball.

Answer: talk through projectile motion equations.
Do you have an outstanding offer from [BB bank I interned at over the summer]? If so, what drove you to interview here?

Answer: Yes I do. I like the competitive, fast-paced nature of trading over the rather repetitive work from my [non-S&T] position with [BB]. Although I learned a lot there, I never felt fully utilized and wasn't always as intellectually stimulated as I would like to be. Therefore I am keeping myself open to competitive options.
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