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Two Sigma is notoriously tightlipped about everything. This guy's short post about interning there in 2015 is probably the most I've even seen about working there: https://evjang.com/2015/08/17/internship-experiences.html

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In terms of "tightlippness", they don't come close to TGS Mgmt. All of their employees can't even list their employment at TGS Mgmt on LinkedIn.

I worked at a firm who had the same policy in 2014.

It was more common than you may have realized.

Honestly, most boutique, government-involved security consulting firms have similar requirements. Given how much of tech is outsourced these days, obscurity is often the only line of defense some organisations have.

So smart stock trading. Cool. The best and brightest are off solving math problems to make bank in the stock market.

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