Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at G-Research as 33.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 4.33 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Quant Intern and Quantitative Researcher rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Quantitative Researcher and Quantitative Research Intern roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at G-Research takes an average of 30 days when considering 3 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Quantitative Researcher had the quickest hiring process (on average 30 days), whereas Quantitative Researcher roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
I was contacted by a recruiter who set up the interview process. First there is a written test to do at home and then a technical interviews with quants. I didn't move beyond that in the interview process.
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Questions centred around general optimization theory and basic probability theory.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at G-Research (London, England) in Dec 2019
Interview
The assessment center involved a number of different tasks to investigate our potential in a number of different HR areas. The managers and recruitment team were really friendly and supportive.
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Interview questions were very generic, as to be expected for an internship role. The tasks varied but generally involved some sort of problem-solving and strategic thinking.
Consisted of a series of problem solving questions and programming exercises. The interviewer was friendly and the problem solving felt collaborative. Also included a high level architecture question about how one would design a route planning app.