How long is the D. E. Shaw India Campus Online Test practice sitting?

Outcry’s mock has 28 items across 4 sections, with 95 minutes of section time. Those figures describe this mock; see the source check for any published format elements.

Will D. E. Shaw India Campus Online Test use the same questions every time?

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D. E. Shaw India Campus Online Test - Timed Practice

D. E. Shaw India-campus-inspired aptitude, computer science and coding practice. This four-section Outcry mock has 95 minutes and 138 available marks; neither those settings nor a universal regional hiring process are claimed as current firm policy.

Format

4 sections · 28 items · about 95 minutes
Format and scoring below apply to this Outcry mock. See the source check for verified firm details and practice adaptations.
Negative marking on Aptitude, Technical: +3 correct, −1 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question.
Marking on Coding problem 1: +25 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question.
Marking on Coding problem 2: +35 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question.
No going back in this mock. Answer or skip, and the next item loads.
Questions are generated from Outcry's own banks; a retake changes the selection or parameters.

Sections

Aptitude - 14 items, 28 minutes, 1 mark lost per wrong answer. 14 questions in 28 minutes. Quantitative reasoning, logical reasoning and data interpretation. A wrong answer costs 1 of the 3 marks. No going back, and unused time does not carry into the next section.
Technical - 12 items, 17 minutes, 1 mark lost per wrong answer. 12 questions in 17 minutes, so about 85 seconds each. Operating systems, databases, networks, complexity and data structures. A wrong answer costs 1 of the 3 marks.
Coding problem 1 - 1 items, 20 minutes, no negative marking. One problem, 20 minutes, 25 marks. Write JavaScript and run it against the hidden tests. No negative marking here.
Coding problem 2 - 1 items, 30 minutes, no negative marking. One problem, 30 minutes, 35 marks. Harder than the first, and the extra ten minutes are the only reason it fits.

What this practice sitting covers

4 sections, 28 items and 95 minutes of section time. Each section uses its own clock. Questions are generated from Outcry’s own banks; repeat attempts can share problem types with different selections or parameters.

How this mock is marked

Negative marking on Aptitude, Technical: +3 correct, −1 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question. Marking on Coding problem 1: +25 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question. Marking on Coding problem 2: +35 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question.

This mock has no back navigation: each submitted or skipped question is final.

Scores measure performance on these exercises. They are not a firm’s pass threshold or a prediction of an interview or offer.

Public sources and practice adaptations

D. E. Shaw’s public interviewing guide describes typical interviews and relevant mathematical/computing skills. It does not establish this exact India campus test or rule out assessments in other regions.

This India-campus-inspired mock uses 95 minutes, four sections and 138 available marks. Counts, section weights, clocks, deductions and JavaScript are Outcry settings unless confirmed by your invitation.

Coding in this practice environment

Coding tasks run in Outcry’s JavaScript environment and are checked against supplied hidden cases. Tasks with a stated performance gate also test runtime against a reference implementation. This does not reproduce every employer’s language support, tooling or partial-credit rules.

Read the input, output and constraints, test boundary cases, and review any failed cases afterward. Passing the mock’s tests is practice feedback, not evidence of a particular employer’s assessment result.

Section by section, with a worked example

Every example below is generated by Outcry, drawn from the same generator that section runs during the timed sitting. None of it is D. E. Shaw's own material.

A. Aptitude

14 questions in 28 minutes. Quantitative reasoning, logical reasoning and data interpretation. A wrong answer costs 1 of the 3 marks. No going back, and unused time does not carry into the next section.

In this Outcry section: 14 items in 28 minutes, averaging 120 seconds per item. Each wrong answer loses 1 mark. Unanswered items score zero. Correct-answer weights are shown on the questions. These are the mock’s rules.

Example 1

In a single queue, one candidate is 9th from the front and 15th from the back. How many people are in the queue?

Answer 23

Counting from both ends counts that one candidate twice: 9 + 15 - 1 = 23.

Example 2

Revenue by division, $m
Division   2016   2017   2018   2019
Rates       140    420    430    325
Macro       390    325    335    300
Credit      305    160    230    480
Equities    175    195    155    225

What was Rates average annual revenue across the four years shown?

1315
285
328.75
325

Answer 328.75

140 + 420 + 430 + 325 = 1315, over four years that is 328.75. The midpoint of the highest and lowest, 285, is not the mean.

B. Technical

12 questions in 17 minutes, so about 85 seconds each. Operating systems, databases, networks, complexity and data structures. A wrong answer costs 1 of the 3 marks.

In this Outcry section: 12 items in 17 minutes, averaging 85 seconds per item. Each wrong answer loses 1 mark. Unanswered items score zero. Correct-answer weights are shown on the questions. These are the mock’s rules.

Example 1

Quicksort is run on 31 already-sorted elements, always picking the first element as pivot. How many comparisons does it make?

Answer 465

Every partition peels off one element, so the sizes are 31 - 1, 29, down to 1: that is 31 x 30 / 2 = 465 comparisons. A median pivot would give about 154.

Example 2

8 processes share one resource type. Each process needs at most 6 units to finish. What is the smallest number of units that makes deadlock impossible?

Answer 41

The worst case is every process holding 5 units and waiting, which is 8 x 5 = 40 units with nobody able to move. One more unit, 41, lets some process reach 6 and release everything. 48 is enough but more than needed.

C. Coding problem 1

One problem, 20 minutes, 25 marks. Write JavaScript and run it against the hidden tests. No negative marking here.

In this Outcry section: 1 items in 20 minutes, averaging 1200 seconds per item. Wrong answers receive no marks and carry no deduction. Unanswered items score zero. Correct-answer weights are shown on the questions. These are the mock’s rules.

D. Coding problem 2

One problem, 30 minutes, 35 marks. Harder than the first, and the extra ten minutes are the only reason it fits.

In this Outcry section: 1 items in 30 minutes, averaging 1800 seconds per item. Wrong answers receive no marks and carry no deduction. Unanswered items score zero. Correct-answer weights are shown on the questions. These are the mock’s rules.

Common questions

How long is the D. E. Shaw India Campus Online Test practice sitting?: Outcry’s mock has 28 items across 4 sections, with 95 minutes of section time. Those figures describe this mock; see the source check for any published format elements.
How does scoring work in D. E. Shaw India Campus Online Test?: Negative marking on Aptitude, Technical: +3 correct, −1 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question. Marking on Coding problem 1: +25 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question. Marking on Coding problem 2: +35 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question.
Can I go back in D. E. Shaw India Campus Online Test?: This mock has no back navigation: each submitted or skipped question is final.
Will D. E. Shaw India Campus Online Test use the same questions every time?: Outcry generates questions from its own banks. Counts and rules remain fixed; the selected problem types or numeric parameters change. Some archetypes may recur across attempts.
Is D. E. Shaw India Campus Online Test an official assessment?: No. This is Outcry practice with original generated questions. This India-campus-inspired mock uses 95 minutes, four sections and 138 available marks. Counts, section weights, clocks, deductions and JavaScript are Outcry settings unless confirmed by your invitation.

D. E. Shaw interviewing guide

Outcry is not affiliated with D. E. Shaw and has no access to their assessment content. See the source check for confirmed format elements and Outcry adaptations. Every question is generated by Outcry.