Candidates applying for Graduate Student roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Optiver overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Optiver as a Graduate Student according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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First round tech interview: first made a self-introduction, then played betting games for 40 mins, including dice rolls, poker game, market making. You will be asked to explain your thought process.
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played betting games for 40 mins, including dice rolls, poker game, market making.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver (Amsterdam) in Jan 2024
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Doing the online tests, did not receive any feedback on how it went. You need to be really good in simple math and statistics. Did a bit of practising but this probably requires you to prepare way in advance
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One round had many questions about what are the odds. E.g. if you were to get kids, how many kids should you get until you have either two girls or two boys
Interviewer was nice and the behavior questions were simple, altho the whole process feels more like questioning rather than a conversation. Just a heads up that the company does not sponsor work visas and the 2 year graduate visa does not work as far as their current policy is concerned.