KCG Holdings Interview Questions

5 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (87%)

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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.

4.2
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  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (53%)

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.

2.2
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (44%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews 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 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 reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

Interviews at KCG Holdings

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Intern
Year 2017
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Back Office
Location Jersey City
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy
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Year 2015
Job Title N/A
Group/Division Trading
Location Jersey City
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
Junior Trader
Year 2015
Job Title Junior Trader
Group/Division Equity Capital Markets
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
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Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location Jersey City
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - KCG Holdings Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: January 2017
Date Submitted: Dec 18, 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Started with a phone call with HR to discuss the position. From there, I was extended a first round after showing my strong interest. First round was completely behavioral all about my resume. Was extended the superday about two weeks after, four one on one interviews. 95% behavioral with a few technical questions that were asked relating to what I was learning in my finance class work. Overall an enjoyable and manageable process.
Interview Questions
1. Walk me through the three major financial statements (Asked related to my corproate finance class I was taking)
2. How have you shown acumen when using technology in the past?
3. What do you know about the history of our company?
4. Tell me the greatest lesson you learned from the last book you read.
5. What do you think your greatest experience at school has been?
6. Why is (x University) the best fit for you? Do you regret your decision to go there? Why not?

Other than that, all about yourself and behavioral.
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Back Office

Anonymous employee in Jersey City
Interviewed: May 2014
Date Submitted: Sep 27, 2016
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Family friends with someone in a backoffice/tech group. I reached out to him for help and within a week HR had gotten in touch with me to schedule interviews. Interview was scheduled with the group for the next week and later that same week I received in the mail my offer package. Overall it seemed with some networking/contacts the backoffice's hiring is very unstructured. I got my offer about 3-4 weeks before the actual internship started.
Interview Questions
1) Tell me about yourself?, 2) Why KCG?, 3) what do you find most interesting about trading?, 4) what is a dark pool?, 5) what's the most interesting financial news article you've read recently and what was it about?, 6) Are you familiar with any programming languages?, 7) why do you want to work in electronic trading?, 7) what's the most difficult challenge you've faced?, 8) what are some fun things you like to do for fun when you're not working?, 9) why did you choose to attend [target university] over a state school with scholarships?
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Jersey City
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Jul 06, 2016
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
Spoke to the manager. It was very easy. A coding portion was then given to take home- that was really hard.
Interview Questions
They asked every candidate to write a program, relating to a game. They expect the program to be finished within a week. He said, not many people can do the program well. It was definitely tough. The program wanted you to code something similar to a chess game but with a lot of restrictions. You can use any language you want to use. Obviously, they just want to test you on your thinking skills and less so of financial knowledge. Actually didn't see like they care if you had financial knowledge..
Sample Answer

Junior Trader Interview - Equity Capital Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Oct 27, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
The interview was held at the campus and was straightforward. The questions were mainly pertaining to programming skills, past internship experience and why i am interested in a career in hedge funds.
Interview Questions
1. Give me an example of a project that you found most difficult.
2. Give examples of any failures you faced. What have you learnt from that.
Sample Answer

S&T Summer Analyst Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous employee in Jersey City
Interviewed: February 2014
Date Submitted: Mar 08, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
Real laid back interview. First round phone interview with an alum from my school and then a super day at their offices in jersey city. Super day included an hour long breakfast with other candidates and interviewers and then 5 30-min interviews. All questions were fit/behavioral and the interviewers were easy to talk to. Got the offer the next day.
Interview Questions
Do you have other offers? Why would you choose our firm over larger Bulge Bracket offers? .
Sample Answer