Trading Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Optiver with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Trading Intern roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 22 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Optiver overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Optiver as a Trading Intern according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 27%
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 20%
Personality test: 13%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
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a very typical intern interview, just ask u some normal question about ur background and why trading why the company
only general behaviour question, nothing about math or tech for the first round interview
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Optiver (Sydney) in Jul 2020
Interview
Difficult interview that covered timed mental maths questions, statistical analysis and logical reasoning. They had multiple stages including online assessment, phone screen. Did not get past the phone screen where they asked difficult statistical analysis questions.
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Mental maths questions
Statistical analysis on flipping coins
There were many different mini games that did not immediately appear relevant to trading. The games during the interview appeared to measure confidence, technical skill, and how risk averse the candidate was.
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Rolling a fair die 1-6, probability of getting each number exactly once.
Mental math assessment, rapid fire market making virtual interview mostly on Fermi estimations, virtual aptitude assessment with HR followed by final day of interviews on betting strategies and making markets.
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You and N other players are each dealt a number and bet on the average taking turns and going around many times. What is your strategy? How does it change if everyone knows the distributions the numbers were sampled from?