XY Capital Limited Interview Questions

2 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (65%)

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.

3.5
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (73%)

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
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (35%)

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 XY Capital Limited

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2021
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location London
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2019
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Trading
Location HKI
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - XY Capital Limited Examples

Quantitative Research Intern Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: December 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Applied on XY capital website. There were several questions on their application form, for example, self-assessing your python skills etc.

3 days later got an email to schedule an interview with an researcher. 30 mins interview consists of rapid fire brainteasers, no pen or paper, then some coding and data structure problems, and some more realistic trading problems.
Interview Questions
Rapid-fire brainteasers. They're common problems found in the green book or the 150 book, but I had to answer them real quickly.

Summer Analyst Interview - Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in HKI
Interviewed: June 2019
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
the interview started with a personality test to see which type of personality you are within 16 types. then you will interview with a senior trader and at last CEO.
Interview Questions
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