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DRW interview questions

From 1 candidate account, updated Oct 12, 2026

Candidate accounts
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Rounds on average
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Rounds in every loop
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Open roles at DRW
170

How the loop works

This guide draws on 1 first-hand interview account from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 1 round on average, most often a take-home task.

All of them were posted under a forum handle, so we could not verify the authors’ identities.

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Interview experiences at DRW

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unknown, Chicago, IL. 1 round. Shared by phibz on hn, 2021-03-30

  1. 1Take-homeTake-homeCompute final board height from a list of Tetris piece drops, in any language.Covered: Tetris simulation, Testing, Object-oriented design

What DRW is hiring for now

170 open roles in our index. Advertised pay floors run $130k to $175k (median $175k, from 82 postings that state pay).

Most-posted roles

  • Software Developer Intern4
  • Research Engineer (Options)3
  • Quantitative Trading Analyst3
  • Quantitative Research Intern3
  • Software Engineer - Cumberland/Options Front Office Systems3
  • Software Engineer, Research – Cumberland Systematic3

Top locations

  • Chicago55
  • London42
  • Singapore22
  • New York City22
  • Montreal11

DRW interviews: FAQ

What is the interview process like at DRW?
This guide draws on 1 first-hand interview account from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 1 round on average, most often a take-home task.
What topics does DRW test in interviews?
Commonly reported topics include Tetris simulation, Testing, Object-oriented design.

These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often. Treat this as directional prep, not a script.