First was a phone screen with HR. Typical "walk me through your resume" questions. Also, asked "why trading?"

Second was a phone interview with a particular quant trading desk (treasury spreads).

No fit there, but was recommended by interviewer. So I was put in touch with the main discretionary trading desk.

Skype interview with two traders from the main desk.

No offer.

Phone interview with basic fit questions. 2-3 rounds of interviews with different groups. Probability and risk questions.

I applied to the position online and received a call from a recruiter. The time between the application and the call is hard to say since I was applying to many different places over an extended period of time.

I spoke with the recruiter over the phone for an initial screening and was referred to a specific team within the company. The team members each spoke with me over the phone via conference call, and decided to fly me into Chicago for a face-to-face meet. The flight and limo ride over was all paid for, and took me the entire day to interview with the different teams.

Each team asked different questions ranging from statistics to brainteasers to behavioral questions and my goals and aspirations. Finally I was given a written IQ test of some sort and was released after a short chat with the recruiter.

My impression of the interviews was very positive as the environment seemed relaxed and unburdened by the formalities of the common BB interviews. Jeans and flip flops, shorts and t-shirts were the norm and everyone seemed to be at ease. In conclusion I enjoyed the whole process.

I was given an offer to join a few days after the final interview and I accepted.

Applied online. Dealt with many phone calls from their recruiter. They are pretty particular about hiring people with the right mindset. Their program sounds tough but substantive. I had the opportunity to speak with about 30 people.

The questions were entirely why prop trading and brainteasers/math. They are very protective of info about the firm. Despite receiving some negative vibes from the interviewers I received an offer.

Submitted application during career fair on campus, received paper test including 8 brainteasers in 45 mins, then, a phone interview from a trader, then, online personality test, then, onsite interview meeting with different trading groups.

Very unorganized, difficult, and uneasy. Multiple interview in one day (about 6 hrs). Told me I had made the next round only to get a call the day of the final round interview saying they needed to reschedule. Yet they never did. Very unprofessional

I got an initial call from someone in HR. It was at an inconvenient time so we rescheduled. A few days later we spoke again and got some standard questions like why do you want to trade and about my resume. A few days after that I got an email saying that I had made it to the next round and we set up a call with a senior trader. This call was also very short and consisted of the same type of softball fit qs. I actually thought he didn't like me for some reason and that's why he cut me short before technicals, but really the interview process is just ridiculously easy. I got an email a few days later that I would have a group phone interview with the COO and the president. They also asked the same easy fit questions and seemed to want to brag about their own exploits more than see if I was good. After this call I was invited to interview at their offices. They flew me out and put me up at a nice hotel conveniently located about a 2 minute walk from the office. First I took some math/probability/stats/brainteaser type test which i guess required a bit of thinking but was much easier than this type of thing elsewhere. The hr girl told me at lunch that i absolutely crushed it, for what its worth. Then i had a full day of interviews, sometimes with groups of as many as 4 interviewers, sometimes 1 on 1. The same guys that I had had the call with interviewed me again and had totally forgot about the call, once again just taking the time to brag about how baller they are. Once again, everyone was asking the same easy fit questions. Out of over 10 people I met, only 2 guys asked anything remotely technical and even these were way easier than the ones elsewhere.

So naturally I got an offer. And i accepted it cuz im stupid and rationalized and somehow didn't see it coming from a million miles away that people here were going to be mostly retarded.

Called and asked questions about my background. No technical questions. It was a preliminary interview.

Frequently lost touch with HR. Don't give up! Keep following up and eventually you'll go through the screening process.

Three to four rounds: initial phone screen, paper quiz / panel interview, final interview.

Initial phone screen: lots of behavioral questions, what you know about the industry, what you know about the company (yes it's named after a dog).

Paper quiz / interview: 8-9 brainteasers with about 40 min to complete. Interviewers review the answers to the quiz and then ask you questions / introduce their group.

Final interview: For those groups interested, further questioning, meet with CEO.

From what I've mustered up - they give offers then and there, I did not get an offer so I assume that they're not interested.

Not very organized. Contacted by a recruiter and set up an interview which I thought went well. I followed up with the guy and he said he'd get back to me in a week. Followed up again later and got the same answer, eventually lost contact and accepted a job elsewhere