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Strong Onsite Undone by a Brutal CEO Call

TrexquantSoftware Engineer · Onsite · Sep 2025

This is a niche quant firm. I interviewed for the software engineer role, which required strong C++ — after this point, all the coding rounds were C++ only. Recruiter chat: besides the usual questions, they threw in some C++ trivia on the spot, things like what default constructors a class can have. PM chat: I talked with their Lead PM, a very sharp guy. He mostly asked about my resume, and a lot…

Shared by a candidate · reported Sep 2025. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.