Trexquant Investment Quantitative Analyst interview with hangman take-home

I started with a coding-focused hangman take-home assignment. It came with performance expectations: clearing a minimum level would earn an invitation to the superday. The assignment included a hangman strategy described as a baseline, along with typical win rates and the expectation that I beat it. After I finished, I had a round focused on my solution and my Python implementation choices, inclu…

Shared by a candidate · reported Feb 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.