Jane Street S&T Summer Internship — Got Excel test after initial screen, good sign?
Hey everyone,
I recently applied for the Sales & Trading Summer Internship at Jane Street and just heard back — I passed the initial screening and received an Excel-based written exercise/test to complete.
I wanted to ask a few things:
• Is this a good sign, or does everyone who passes the resume screen get this Excel test?
• How tough is the next stage after this (interviews, technicals, etc.)?
• Does getting the test mean I’m fairly advanced in the process, or still pretty early on?
For context, I’ve only been in contact with HR so far via email.
Would love to hear from anyone who’s gone through the Jane Street process recently, especially for S&T roles.
Thanks a lot!
Receiving an Excel-based test after the initial screening for Jane Street's Sales & Trading Summer Internship is generally a positive sign. Here's what you need to know:
Is this a good sign?
How tough is the next stage?
Does getting the test mean you’re advanced in the process?
To maximize your chances, focus on: - Sharpening your Excel skills, especially functions and shortcuts relevant to trading and analysis. - Reviewing market concepts and staying updated on current events. - Practicing problem-solving and quantitative exercises.
Good luck with the process—Jane Street is highly competitive, but advancing to this stage is already a strong start!
Sources: Racism on Wall Street as a SA, Preparing for an IB internship, https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/investment-banking/week-4-of-ibd-internship-initiation?customgpt=1, Internal Lateraling Guide, Week 1 of IBD Internship: Training
very good sign. did another test once, and got auto-rejected didn't even make it past first round screening
Theres 4 rounds of Interviews after the test if its London you applied to
I did the process last semester, after the Excel you'll have a call with HR where they ask you behaviorals and one or two "technical" questions. After that you have an interview with a salesperson/salestrader which is also mostly behavioral. After that is the superday, but I got dropped after that step. Good luck brother
Thanks a lot !
Hey if you dont mind could you let me know what type of technical questions, are they like the trading internship ones as in focused on probability or something else, thanks in advance
The ones with HR were simple like angle between hour and minute hand at a given time. The one with the salesperson were barely technical, more like what's something that happened in the markets. I assume the superday has a lot of probability and maybe even some coding but I didn't get that far
Hey if you dont mind could you let me know what type of technical questions, are they like the trading internship ones as in focused on probability or something else, thanks in advance
Hi Matt, have you had first interview? What did they ask? Thank you.
No, I only had the case study, which was incredibly easy
Hi Matt, did you get the first interview with them?
also applied; I got excel test - first round interview(HR and a sales) - second round(sales team) + third round(sales team), does anyone know what spd is like for their sales&trading? thx
Hey if you dont mind could you share what type of tech and behaviroal questions they ask you for first round interview? Thanks in advance!
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