tell me about your resume, why SAC capital. They asked me to apply online and on their website. Had a lengthy survey that I was supposed to fill out. They then asked me why I wanted to do the job I applied for.
Solicité el puesto a través de un captador. El proceso duró 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Point72 (New York, NY) en feb 2026
Entrevista
First round screen with Bus Dev, and then model test- Model test was not too complicated, timed 45 minutes and all in excel. This is general test candidates take before resume is shown to PMs.
Interview process had multiple stages, but was fair. My project followed an in person interviews where I needed to talk through my findings and thought process. Overall, the experience was well done and the team was organized with communication being delivered throughout each milestone.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Please describe a time when you struggled and what did you learn from it.
a few rounds phone interviews, plus a data project with 1-week time. It is mainly in python and you are supposed to discover some alphas. So it is helpful to have some idea on the data or the familiarity with the data itself (or similar data) could help.
