I applied online. I interviewed at IMC Trading (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2021
Interview
It's the online video interview. There are three questions in total. For the first question, you have 20 seconds to prepare your answer. And the second one you got 30 second and third one you got 1 min.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why trading? Throw the dice. What's the possibility that every even number comes before the odd number?
Roughly 30-minute phone interview with campus recruiter. Standard interview process, why do you want to work at IMC, why trading, walk me through your resume, basic behavioural questions. No technical questions at this stage.
I applied online. I interviewed at IMC Trading (Amsterdam) in Sep 2025
Interview
Premier entretien avec RH -
Questions sur IMC Trading, sur votre parcours. Pourquoi vouloir faire ce poste.
Puis un jeu de Market Making, il faut proposer des bid et ask (faire un marketà et la RH vous dit si elle achète ou vend.
Suite à cela, vous avez un ou deux brainteaser, avec des mathématiques mais généralement assez simples. Le vrai entretien avec traders est après.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you know about IMC ?
What motivates you to be a trader ?
Tell me about you.
CV screening, Neurolympics Online Assessment, SparkHire Video Online Assessment. SparkHire consists of 2 behavioral questions and 1 technical question (probability). Behavioral questions are generic and technical question is basic (online prep or green book level)
Trader Intern applicants have rated the interview process at IMC Trading with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Trader Intern roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Intern according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 21%
IQ intelligence test: 21%
One on one interview: 21%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Phone interview: 7%
Drug test: 7%
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