Kivi Capital Quant Researcher Interview Experience – Round 1 (Rejected)
- Posted
- 15 Mar 2026
Summary
I recently interviewed with Kivi Capital for the Quant Researcher role. The first round lasted around 60 minutes and consisted of one algorithmic problem followed by several conceptual computer science questions, which unfortunately led to a rejection.
How it went
I recently interviewed with Kivi Capital for the Quant Researcher role. The first round lasted around 60 minutes and consisted of one algorithmic problem followed by several conceptual computer science questions.
Questions asked (8)
- 01
Shipment Delivery Optimization
Data Structures & Algorithms · Hard
You need to deliver N shipments. For each shipment, you may hire either Vendor X or Vendor Y.
- Vendor X delivery times:
X = [x₁, x₂, …, xₙ] - Vendor Y delivery times:
Y = [y₁, y₂, …, yₙ]
- Vendor X processes shipments sequentially
→ total time = sum of delivery times assigned to X - Vendor Y processes shipments in parallel
→ total time = maximum delivery time among shipments assigned to Y
Let:- Shipments assigned to X → indices (i₁, i₂, …)
- Shipments assigned to Y → indices (j₁, j₂, …)
- Time taken by X = sum(x[i₁], x[i₂], …) = t₁
- Time taken by Y = max(y[j₁], y[j₂], …) = t₂
max(t₁, t₂) - Vendor X delivery times:
- 02
Difference between Multithreading and Multiprocessing
Other
Difference between Multithreading and Multiprocessing
- 03
What is a Semaphore?
Other
What is a Semaphore?
- 04
What is a Mutex Lock?
Other
What is a Mutex Lock?
- 05
Difference between Semaphore and Mutex
Other
Difference between Semaphore and Mutex
- 06
Why do we need Multithreading if we have Async/Await?
Other
Why do we need Multithreading if we have Async/Await? (use cases)
- 07
Difference between Virtual Memory and Physical Memory
Other
Difference between Virtual Memory and Physical Memory
- 08
What is a Page Table?
Other
What is a Page Table?