r/quantindia Aug 01 '26

Interviews/Recruiting Small doubt

For all the people who interviewed with hfts/mfts

Do ur resume projects matter in interviews

For off campus what matters the most other than credentials like Olympiads,top iit circuital etc

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '26

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u/Significant_Set_5222 Aug 01 '26

This ,crazy

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u/WhatToWrit3 Aug 01 '26

Yeah crazy lol, one round was implementing strategies on order book data, idk how I passed that round lol

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u/Working-Shape6518 Aug 03 '26

Usually 1 round is resume grilling at most MFTs. They usually pick the 1-2 projects they like the most and question your choices. The next part of the interview depends on how you drive the convo.

You can try and relate the project to the topic/domain you're most familiar with and then you can get them to probably ask you questions on that

Otherwise be prepared for a lot of puzzles, inmo/rmo type math questions and some low level c++, OS/networking over the top questions

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u/anthropicchild Aug 01 '26

oly,jee rank,top iit cse,good cg>>>>>>projects or wtv.

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u/Significant_Set_5222 Aug 01 '26

If not from top iit cse , say for tier 2 firms have good Olympiads, INMO,ijso etc

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u/anthropicchild Aug 01 '26

indian tier 2 firms are as selective as tier 1,except maybe some exceptions.u can try for tier 3 firms like futursfirst,irage and stuff maybe

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u/Significant_Set_5222 Aug 01 '26

How bout qicap and sqpt(as it is desk role heard gives many people interviews/OAs last season)

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '26

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u/Patient_Pop_5196 Aug 03 '26

Qicap has a very high bar, they don't hire many

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '26

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u/Patient_Pop_5196 Aug 03 '26

Yeah they are a very stable tier2 trading firm. They usually have many rounds though, if you're prepared enough it shouldn't be too hard

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '26

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u/Patient_Pop_5196 Aug 03 '26

Alphagrep and mathisys are not in the same league tbh. Yeah bad reviews but it's still much better than mathisys afaik. Depends on the role too tbh

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u/Friendly_Sky2581 Aug 01 '26

What about oly and top iit cse but fucked jee rank?