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A question like this can be answered with a simple Google search (“Northwestern quant”) and will yield much better and accurate results than asking Reddit. As you become an adult you have to get better at that.
I mean the simple google search brought me to Northwestern’s fintech club which is sponsored by Citadel, HRT, SIG, and more, so it’s safe to say that there are strong quant resources and quant companies in multiple locations (not just Chicago) are looking for students there. If you look at MIT Quant bible and start building some cool things your chances of getting into that club would be higher.
To ask whether Northwestern is prestigious is concerning and sounds like OP hasn’t looked into the school thoroughly enough yet OP’s considering EDing it… I went to UChicago but I got into Northwestern too, and to write a strong essay about why you want to go there, you need to really search into what the school has to offer to show genuine interest, so OP needs to do some non Reddit research

For the codesignal I'd spend less time trying to predict the exact SIG questions and more time making sure basic algorithms and data structures are automatic under time pressure. Assessments become much harder when you're burning ten minutes remembering syntax. I use Moon for finance research rather than interview prep but one principle carries over and practicing under the actual constraints is much more valuable than passively reading another solution.

Treat it as a timed coding screen, but don’t assume an old SIG question list matches your version because the exact CodeSignal setup can vary by role and invitation. Before starting, open CodeSignal’s practice environment, confirm the permitted language and time limit, then do one timed set covering arrays/hash maps, strings, sorting, binary search, and basic graph traversal. In the real assessment, get a correct simple solution working first, test edge cases, and only then optimize; passing some tests is better than leaving a problem blank.

A question like this can be answered with a simple Google search (“Northwestern quant”) and will yield much better and accurate results than asking Reddit. As you become an adult you have to get better at that.
I mean the simple google search brought me to Northwestern’s fintech club which is sponsored by Citadel, HRT, SIG, and more, so it’s safe to say that there are strong quant resources and quant companies in multiple locations (not just Chicago) are looking for students there. If you look at MIT Quant bible and start building some cool things your chances of getting into that club would be higher.
To ask whether Northwestern is prestigious is concerning and sounds like OP hasn’t looked into the school thoroughly enough yet OP’s considering EDing it… I went to UChicago but I got into Northwestern too, and to write a strong essay about why you want to go there, you need to really search into what the school has to offer to show genuine interest, so OP needs to do some non Reddit research

For the codesignal I'd spend less time trying to predict the exact SIG questions and more time making sure basic algorithms and data structures are automatic under time pressure. Assessments become much harder when you're burning ten minutes remembering syntax. I use Moon for finance research rather than interview prep but one principle carries over and practicing under the actual constraints is much more valuable than passively reading another solution.

Treat it as a timed coding screen, but don’t assume an old SIG question list matches your version because the exact CodeSignal setup can vary by role and invitation. Before starting, open CodeSignal’s practice environment, confirm the permitted language and time limit, then do one timed set covering arrays/hash maps, strings, sorting, binary search, and basic graph traversal. In the real assessment, get a correct simple solution working first, test edge cases, and only then optimize; passing some tests is better than leaving a problem blank.

\> more of a prop shop than a S&T desk…
People at real prop shops are still on Bloomberg. JS traders are on Bloomberg, SIG traders are on Bloomberg, Optiver traders are on Bloomberg, CitSec traders are on Bloomberg, … but Trillium’s aren’t.
\> they’re also not big enough
No surprise there.