Psychometric online assessment then recorded video interview followed by one on one interview with HR rep. Was told there would then be a further in depth statistics 1 hour assessment followed by a further 3 hour personal/statistics assessment (was not chosen for these).
Tough, asked me numerous questions about probability, statistics and also asked me numerous questions about options. questions ranged from numerical to also behavioural (stuff about risk). how i approached life
First some technical tests consisted of probability questions, then HR with easy probability and mostly behavioral questions. After that the first technical and finally in-house day with all rounds again: technical, trading, HR and some informal talk.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you think about your personality test results.
pretty casual Screeining Call discussing motivations for trading and why IMC specificially
First round HR Interview, probability and market making
final stage onsite with 3 tasks, high level market making
Trader applicants have rated the interview process at IMC Trading with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Trader roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 34 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IMC Trading overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IMC Trading as a Trader according to 34 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
IQ intelligence test: 19%
Skills test: 15%
Phone interview: 13%
Personality test: 13%
Group panel interview: 10%
Presentation: 7%
Drug test: 1%
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