AQR Capital Management

How the process runsTypical for a quantitative investment manager

1. 1ApplicationTypicalOnline application with resume. Networking often decides who is read closely.
2. 2Online assessmentTypicalCoding and math tests online, often timed.
3. 3Phone screenTypicalProbability, statistics, and coding questions with an engineer or researcher.
4. 4First roundTypicalStatistics and modeling questions, a coding exercise, and a discussion of a past project.
5. 5Final roundTypicalSeveral interviews across research and engineering, including a deeper project discussion.
6. 6OfferTypicalUsually within days of the final round.

Timing between stages shows on each program page once students report it. Firms change formats by year and office; the firm's own invite is the final word.

What it tends to weighTypical of a quantitative investment manager

• Statistics and probability: regression, overfitting, and testing whether a signal is real.
• Code that works: clean, tested, and explained as you write it.
• A past project you can defend in depth, including what you would do differently.

behavioral

3 questions

technicals

11 questions

modeling

6 questions