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How To Join

At D. E. Shaw India, we value exceptional analytical skills, a comprehensive approach to problem solving, and an unwavering commitment to the highest ethical standards. Joining our team means harnessing your full potential, amplifying your core strengths, and expanding your expertise.

We invite you to explore your interests through our lateral- and campus-hiring initiatives.

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Career Development

To ensure that our curious staff never stop growing, we foster a culture of continuous learning. We create customized programs to enrich technical abilities, build interpersonal and leadership skills, and broaden industry knowledge.

Through hackathons and coding competitions, employees are encouraged to explore technology as a way to innovate and solve challenges related to our work. We also host an external speaker series, inviting leaders from various backgrounds to share insights and their expertise with our employees.

We believe employees gain a greater breadth of experience by exploring new roles within the firm and encourage internal transfer opportunities.

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3.3

Interviewing

Interviewing is important to our hiring process. As we get to know you better, you’ll get the chance to know our firm better, too.

Compelling candidates tend to:

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If you want to learn more about our approach to interviewing, our guide to preparing for an interview can help you put your best foot forward.

A successful hiring process often includes an application review, a phone interview and virtual interviews, conversations with your references, and, finally, an offer. We may also ask you to provide a writing sample or code sample, and to complete a case study. Depending on the role, your process may differ slightly.

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Campus

We seek out extraordinary people from diverse backgrounds at the start of their careers from colleges across the country. Campus recruitment fuels the majority of our hiring in the Technology and Finance functions.

Alongside our recruitment efforts, we partner with colleges to host hackathons and to sponsor external conferences and events.

We’ve also designed an exceptional Summer Internship Program for talented and intellectually curious students to gain exposure to our business through hands-on work experience.

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Internships

Are you a finance enthusiast, a technology aficionado, or an intellectually curious individual eager to make your mark? Then you may be the right match for our internship program.

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colleges across the country

8-12

weeks in length

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competitive pay

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The Work: Real Projects, Real Results

As an intern, you’ll work with a team on complex projects that have direct impact on the firm’s business and processes.
Examples of past projects include:

  • Building models to estimate volatility of performance for a given set of portfolios (Strategy Tech role)
  • Analyzing financial positions, expenses, and fund data, and applying valuation techniques to generate financial reports and enable better decision-making (Financial Operations role)
  • Applying Natural Language Processing techniques to analyze problems and identify potential system infrastructure improvements (Systems role)
  • Developing quantitative models to assess economic conditions, global interest rates, and exchange rates (Financial Research role)
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The Social Calendar: Build Your Network

You can join a range of activities to connect with colleagues and experience the best of the city. Previous events have included:

  • Solving a real-life escape-themed game
  • Experiencing a live IPL cricket match
  • Unwinding at an indoor trampoline park
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The Growth: Expand Your Skill Set

We provide ongoing mentorship, host professional development sessions, and offer networking opportunities so you can learn from a diverse set of people and experiences.

Here are some of our recent learning initiatives:

  • Training sessions to enhance domain knowledge and develop key interpersonal skills
  • Informal sessions with senior business leaders discussing the firm’s strategies, technology, and culture
  • Team-building programs designed to develop strategic thinking and foster collaboration
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Application FAQ

  • To explore career opportunities and apply for positions within the firm, please visit our job openings section.

  • Be sure to fill out each of the required fields in this section. You may skip any portion of the form that clearly does not apply to you.

  • Yes! You can apply for multiple positions through our job openings section. We will also consider your application for any other positions we think could be relevant to your background and experience, regardless of the positions in which you’ve expressed interest on your application.

  • Our application form works in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari, so please try to access the form through one of those browsers. If a problem persists, please feel free to send your resume to recruiting@hyd.deshaw.com. Be sure to specify the position(s) for which you would like to be considered, and we will follow up to request any additional information we need.

  • An actual human will review your application. If we think there might be a good match between your background and our needs, we’ll schedule a phone interview. If we find a mutual interest, one or more virtual interviews would follow.

  • Our hiring process may be lengthy, but it is designed to allow us to consider you for every possible opportunity that might interest you.

    Rest assured that until you hear from us, you are still under active consideration for employment with our firm. However, if you receive any competing job offers with deadlines attached to them, please let us know so that we may expedite the process.

  • When we are unable to find a match between an applicant’s background and our needs, we save the resume in our files. But if there are substantial changes to your education or work experience following your initial resume submission, you can resubmit your resume.

  • We will contact your campus placement office for suitable dates if we plan to visit your campus. Keep in touch with your placement office for any updates regarding our visit.

  • Our internship roles are routed only through campus placement offices at various colleges. We will contact the placement office in your college if we plan to visit your campus.

    For further queries, please email recruiting@hyd.deshaw.com.

  • Yes, we have announced our plans to open new offices in Bengaluru and Gurugram and are actively hiring for multiple positions in these cities. You can apply for these positions through our job openings section.

  • Our office is currently open for all employees, with flexibility to work from home two days a week.