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D.E. Shaw

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THE LOOP

How the D.E. Shaw loop usually runs

Software Engineer

Based on 22 candidate reports, latest Jul 2026

Recruiter screen18%
Online assessment77%
Technical phone screen23%
Coding rounds100%
System design32%
Low-level or OO design23%

Percentages are the share of reports that mention each stage. They come from what candidates wrote, not from an official process.

WHAT TO PREPARE

Topics that come up most

Software Engineer

Based on 22 candidate reports, latest Jul 2026

Arrays and strings14
SQL and data modeling8
Trees and tries6
Dynamic programming6
Concurrency6
Binary search4

Topic counts are the number of candidate reports that mention each topic. They are based on reported experiences, not an official company syllabus.

INTERVIEW QUESTION BANK

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This page has 22 candidate experiences, 7 interview questions, 58 free LeetCode links. Unlock D.E. Shaw ($12) to read detailed candidate experiences and interview insights.

SELECTED ROLE

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Access	Type	Question or experience	Open
Free preview	Experience	DE Shaw SDE New Grad India Offer (Apr 2025) Apr 2025	→
Free preview	Experience	DE SHAW Senior Software Engineer (Futures) Interview Jun 2026	→
	Experience	DE Shaw SMTS Bangalore: Rejected (Mar 2026) Mar 2026	→
	Experience	DE Shaw SMT OA and Screening Experience (Mar 2026) Mar 2026	→
	Experience	DE Shaw SMTS HackerRank Coding Test (Oct 2025) Oct 2025	→
	Experience	DE Shaw 6 Months + Performance Based SDE (Jul 2025) Jul 2025	→
	Experience	DE Shaw SDE Interview Experience, Member Technical (Sep 2024 to Jan 2025) Jan 2025	→
	Experience	DE Shaw SMTS Reject (May 2025) May 2025	→
	Experience	DE Shaw SMTS Application Engineer (Apr 2025) Apr 2025	→
	Experience	DE Shaw SMTS Reject (Jan 2025) Jan 2025	→
	Experience	DE-Shaw Senior Engineer OA (Jan 2025) Jan 2025	→
	Experience	DE Shaw Interview Experience, SMTS (Hyderabad, Oct 2024) Oct 2024	→
	Experience	DE shaw Interview Experience, Onsite, India (Oct 2024) Oct 2024	→
	Experience	D.E. Shaw Interview Experience, SMTS (Oct 2024, Reject) Oct 2024	→
	Experience	DE Shaw SDE-1 TechOps Interview (Dec 2024, Hiring Freeze) Dec 2024	→
	Experience	DE Shaw SMTS Hyderabad Interview Experience (Mar 2024, Selected) Mar 2024	→
	Experience	De shaw New grad Jul 2026	→
	Experience	D. E. Shaw & Co OA -On campus for Internship role. Jul 2026	→
	Experience	DE Shaw Interview Experience - Lead / Principal Mar 2026	→
	Experience	De Shaw SMT Online Coding Assessment Mar 2026	→
	Experience	D.E. shaw Online assessment (summer intern '26) Jul 2025	→
	Experience	D.E. Shaw MTS-1 interview experience, virtual (Nov 2021, assumed rejected)	→

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