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Is anyone else blown away by the level of talent in this younger cohort nowadays? We have interns and juniors doing solid mid level work.
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if not in : skip_interview_entirely return False ...as opposed to give every person a fair chance based on merit.
That's not Jane Street's process at all. I know first hand people from schools you've never even heard of that got internship offers, and I also know first hand people from MIT that got resume screened out. I'm not going to claim that there is no school bias at all, I don't know the finer details - but it's definitely not explicit as you describe. There are a lot of comments all over the internet (including this thre…
I went to a crap school in India and a mediocre US school for my grad work, still got interviews at trading firms as a new grad and an industry hire. Currently working at one right now, so I can say that I have seen it first-hand.
Is anyone else blown away by the level of talent in this younger cohort nowadays? We have interns and juniors doing solid mid level work.
Their interns are easily the top 1% of CS students in the US. Some of their interns who attend CMU already have OCaml experience, as CMU uses OCaml for their compilers course. Some of their interns have interned at other trading firms.
Many seniors would never be able to do the stuff in the OP.
They have the only podcast worth a shit too.
Jane Street interns get paid very well. It's one of the few companies that probably actually compensate interns at the level of their output. These seem like cool projects. Good for the interns.
Jane Street interns get paid very well. It's one of the few companies that probably actually compensate interns at the level of their output. These seem like cool projects. Good for the interns.
No offense but just out of curiosity have you ever had interns working under you in the past?
Obviously not all interns are equal. I guess I should have clarified that I meant at companies like Jane Street which have strong internship programs. They have difficult interview processes, pay very well, and interns actually do interesting work.
Fun fact: Jane Street interns get paid $96 / hr. They're one of the top paying internships! https://www.levels.fyi/internships/
Jane Street interns get paid very well. It's one of the few companies that probably actually compensate interns at the level of their output. These seem like cool projects. Good for the interns.
No offense but just out of curiosity have you ever had interns working under you in the past?
It's extremely difficult to get an internship at a company like this. These aren't run of the mill interns who are coasting through college and trying to check the internship box.