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oral calculus not expected at the end. And timed
why you want to be a trader in IMC and what is your career path?
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I given some obscure finance related Matlab code used by the company and asked to explain everything about it. Since I had no experience with Matlab it was quite difficult.
option payoff
What is market making?
Draw payoff diagram of call and put option and explain. What is the advantage of call option? When do people want to buy a stock instead of option?
the online test
- Assessments: Coding (3 questions/48 hrs), Aptitude (1 hr), Psychometric (1/2 hr) - Phone call with HR (standard questions + 2 simple arithmetic problems to test quick thinking) - 2 hr individual analysis task followed by a group task with another candidate, under the guidance of a junior trader. Involved coding up a backtesting structure to determine PnL of a strategy. - Dev interview: simple questions on maps/trees - Quant interview: questions on probability/combinatorics/estimation and a potential market making game - Final interview: with head of trading and head HR
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