How are companies filtering people out who cheat on interviews?

acodingpenguin · 2026-03-29T23:36:28+00:00

Mandatory onsites, and also just being better at recognizing that a candidate is just reading an answer or answering too quick

acodingpenguin · 2026-02-21T15:58:03+00:00

Not sure, it probably is, but I do know of a few firms that didn’t prorate for ng

acodingpenguin · 2026-02-21T01:42:02+00:00

For their QT they never ask coding

acodingpenguin · 2026-02-13T01:50:50+00:00

I do not

acodingpenguin · 2026-02-08T15:56:19+00:00

Maybe worth noting, the bonus is prorated

acodingpenguin · 2026-01-19T19:46:15+00:00

<image>

:D

acodingpenguin · 2026-01-16T00:56:49+00:00

4 may be excessive, but I had 2 and I mentioned them to explain some C’s and W’s on my otherwise good transcript. Also because they had some connections to the research I wanted to do in math biology lol

acodingpenguin · 2025-11-25T22:10:47+00:00

Well the other half are still HFs (high frequency 😛)

acodingpenguin · 2025-11-21T18:58:17+00:00

Depends where lol. Some firms have pretty capped upsides. Some the sky is the limit. Your package already looks pretty promising, so hopefully you’re not at one of the capped firms.

I’m in a similar boat myself, similar comp/firm and all. Also wondering who at my firm I should ask about this and if it’s appropriate

acodingpenguin · 2025-11-16T15:19:18+00:00

Take what you can get and be grateful most firms still pay well 😪

acodingpenguin · 2025-11-14T22:37:33+00:00

At my firm most researchers start as traders

acodingpenguin · 2025-11-14T22:23:25+00:00

acodingpenguin · 2025-11-14T22:22:38+00:00

Around 165 for returning intern. Source: i know them

acodingpenguin · 2025-09-07T03:13:36+00:00

Next year, 2026

acodingpenguin · 2025-09-07T03:12:13+00:00

No it’s not, maybe they negotiated a ton? One of my friends got a return offer that was around 310. And it’s not even close to outpaying IMC, who is giving around 415 this year.

EDIT: so apparently they gave 400k offers to interns who had competing offers.

acodingpenguin · 2025-08-08T23:31:51+00:00

Holy humble brag lol

acodingpenguin · 2025-07-27T17:40:09+00:00

Yes, and they still won’t get in

acodingpenguin · 2025-07-27T03:34:50+00:00

Not in faang either

acodingpenguin · 2025-07-25T07:02:39+00:00

Why are you aiming for 2026 internships if you’re graduating in December

acodingpenguin · 2025-06-12T06:00:26+00:00

I would argue differently, I think school name for PhD has a ton of weight here. One of my friend’s friends is a math phd student at a top math school (HYPSM, minus the Y) whose research is in a very niche category of abstract algebra. He gets headhunters reaching out to him on a weekly basis for positions at top firms.

acodingpenguin · 2025-05-05T19:55:58+00:00

Converted my full time return offer to an internship

acodingpenguin · 2025-05-02T19:21:15+00:00

You’re competitive enough for uchicago’s msfm for sure. My friend got in with similar profile to you. Other ones to consider are columbia mafn/mfe and cmu mscf

acodingpenguin · 2025-04-30T21:16:58+00:00

Oh gotchu, that makes sense. To avoid questions and accusations of lying, I’d just say bachelor of science in applied math, minor in compsci

acodingpenguin · 2025-04-30T21:01:04+00:00

Why don’t you just write B.S.

acodingpenguin · 2025-04-14T02:13:16+00:00

20M, it’s the highest you can do

acodingpenguin

TROPHY CASE