Two Sigma Investments Interview Questions

38 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (86%)

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.

3.6
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (99%)

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.

3.6
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (60%)

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.

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Interviews at Two Sigma Investments

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
1st Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2023
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division N/A
Location Chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2023
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Hedge Fund
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2022
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Strategy
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Research Analyst
Year 2022
Job Title Research Analyst
Group/Division Hedge Fund
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2022
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Real Estate
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2020
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Associate
Year 2022
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Business Development
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2021
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Two Sigma Investments Examples

Quantitative Researcher Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: November 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I applied via a referral. Then there is a phone interview, and if you pass there is a virtual onsite starting with 2 interviews. If you pass those two interviews then you get to interview with hiring managers.
Interview Questions
What is the variance of weighted average of iid random variables?
Why would you do weighted linear regression?
Suppose you do linear regression where the labels are bootstrapped from a model that has undergone cross validation. Does this perform well on the validation set? If so, why?
Design a data structure that can insert, remove, and detect whether an interval overlaps with an interval with an interval in the data structure.

Intern Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago
Interviewed: May 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
Intense online assessments to pass into rounds with HR and trader interviews. Typical for prop shops and very similar to Optiver etc.
Interview Questions
Market making game

Quantitative Researcher Intern Interview - Hedge Fund

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: January 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
First round technical interview with a quant researcher after passing an OA consisting of coding and regression problems. Mainly interviewed on a case study after brief introductions, on predicting citi bike demand in NYS.
Interview Questions
Validation of the model

Summer Associate Interview - Strategy

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: November 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
First round call with HR rep to describe the role and the team; second round with new member of the team who had interned the year prior. During that interview he described his experience, his current work, and asked questions about my prior projects
Interview Questions
Nothing was very unexpected. He asked to describe past strategy and data-driven projects

Quantitative Researcher Interview - Hedge Fund

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: November 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
There were a lot of interviews. Around 9-10. There was a three hour coding test to begin with. Then Technical then Hiring Manager rounds
Interview Questions
a 2D DP question, questions on time series data, questions on convergence of series

Investment Analyst Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: August 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
5 Total Rounds - phone interview, multi-round 1 on 1 interview, case study, interview with MDs, Interview with Partners
Interview Questions
What is your favorite asset class and location going forward, and why?

Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: March 2020
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
Initial phone interview on background and interest in the team, no technicals asked very conversational and focused on fit.
Interview Questions
None of the questions were difficult, mostly on resume / background.

Associate Interview - Business Development

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
6-9 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
I think it was very reasonable. It consist of initial python hackerrank style problems, then a phone interview with hiring manager, a data challenge for a presentation. After the data challenge, there is a VO with multiple interviewers spread across two days.
Interview Questions
What is your legacy passed to your prior company?

Quantitative Researcher - Internship Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: August 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
First round is a 3hr OA (Python) with lots of regression problems. First question is about writting a linear interpolator with lots of corner cases. Second problem is about using a temperature dataset to predict the temperature of NYC. The third question is extra credit and uses the case in the second question

Second Round is a HR screen

Third Round is a 1-1 with three quant researcher. Real-world case (CitiBike station), statistics and probability, and discussion about your research
Interview Questions
Hard prop/statistics questions. Definitely not undergrad level

Quantitative Research Intern Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: July 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Applied via referral, got hackerrank, failed hackerrank, got 1 on 1 interview with easy coding question, then final round with 3 medium coding questions
Interview Questions
Lots of coding questions and not too many stats.