My knowledge of whether the test is hard is based round feedback from raw PhD/Msc candidates, not senior hires. As at least two of those guys approached me through this website I'd invite them to join in and give the full details from a technical perspective.RS - my knowledge comes only through risk management and the people there have always at least got cvs to to the right people promptly, though not sure pressing forward counts as admin, so fair point.

QuoteGiven that HR are the dumbest employees in a bank,

Th nature of tests depends on the position I guess.I had interviews for 2 positions with them. One was Middle Office andthey asked mathematically oriented qiestions, no c++. The other wasfront office and there they asked quite sophisticated c++ questions.

Are the comments about CSFB HR and their "hold" over the Firm relative to their London office? NYC office? both?

Has anyone heard from the Global Modeling group of CSFB for its Feb interview results?

QuoteOriginally posted by: playerCSFB was, is and possibly in the near future will continue to remain a bit of a joke....HR run the whole house over there.My experience may be a special case. I was just hired by CSFB a couple of weeks ago. Never talked to a single HR people until I received the official offer letter. I guess it depends on the group you are joining.

QuoteOriginally posted by: LiguoQuoteOriginally posted by: playerCSFB was, is and possibly in the near future will continue to remain a bit of a joke....HR run the whole house over there.My experience may be a special case. I was just hired by CSFB a couple of weeks ago. Never talked to a single HR people until I received the official offer letter. I guess it depends on the group you are joining.That was in London or NYC?

QuoteOriginally posted by: GerasimosQuoteOriginally posted by: LiguoQuoteOriginally posted by: playerCSFB was, is and possibly in the near future will continue to remain a bit of a joke....HR run the whole house over there.My experience may be a special case. I was just hired by CSFB a couple of weeks ago. Never talked to a single HR people until I received the official offer letter. I guess it depends on the group you are joining.That was in London or NYC?NYC.

what department were u hired into? I got into equities.. .wondering if i saw u at the super day

can any of you post the C++ questions being asked (with answers best)i need them for urgent same co. different locationmany thanks

QuoteOriginally posted by: Moneycan any of you post the C++ questions being asked (with answers best)i need them for urgent same co. different locationmany thanksThat's very uncool.Are you capable of doing the job? If so, why cheat? If not, please behave a bit more decently.

Fear I must agree with NorthernJohn. If you need to crib on that scale, then not only will it do CSFB no good, but you won't last in the job, and getting pushed out for being crap is not going to be good for you.Go do a C++ course, maybe even the Quant C++, and with a lump of work you can master C++. You other posts indicate you're smart enough to do this.

Thanks DCFC for your comment.Although my C++ is not up to ADVANCED level, I have understanding of basic concepts: polymorphism, inheritence, friends.I already finished revising these quant C++ examples ...http://finance.bi.no/~bernt/gcc_prog/re ... 00000000My problems is that I am not too good at STL + data structures. The only book where these material are discussed are not yet published.http://www.wileyeurope.com/WileyCDA/Wil ... 5096.htmlI can't afford to wait till this book is published... If I screw up the interview because I don't do well in the C++ part, I will definitely blame myself. Therefore, I have no choice but to ask tips from the dudes here...I know it is not too moral but I don't count it as cheating. Think about this:If you don't even have your first job, how will you have your 2nd one ?Actually, I am a desk quant. However, the trading floor here is really small. I need to work a lot with VBA, some XML and C++. I don't have chance to write the analytics library because these codes are generated by the SciComp software (actually save me my job !!!)... Hope you appreciate my situation. IF anybody can help out with more C++ interview questions, I will definitely appreciate a lot.Money

There are quite a lot of books on STL and data structures, perhaps even too many.Asking for tips is wise, and seeing questions is much the same as taking a mock exam. Using them to direct attention to things you need to revise is a good discipline. However, you were also asking for the answers, which invites the idea that you just want to bluff, whether it is true or not.I don't see it as a moral issue as much as a practical one, but rather than criticise, I offer Good C++ questions as a set of real problems you should master.This bug is the sort of thing you might be asked, and mastering it, will make you better at getting a job as well as keeping it.This is a popular site, so it ain't that unlikely that a lazy interviewer will print it out and ask you to solve it.One could even argue that someone who was professional enough to seek out hard problems and know the answer rather than working it out is a better employee. We are paid to make problems go away, and when you know the answer you are more productive.