Trainee Trader Interview Questions

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Technical Assessments: In some cases, companies may administer technical assessments or tests to evaluate your quantitative and analytical skills. These assessments may involve solving trading scenarios, analyzing market data, or demonstrating your ability to make quick decisions based on market conditions. The format and content of these assessments can vary widely.
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Graduate Trader Program

Interviewed at Flow Traders

3.6
Aug 29, 2023

Technical Assessments: In some cases, companies may administer technical assessments or tests to evaluate your quantitative and analytical skills. These assessments may involve solving trading scenarios, analyzing market data, or demonstrating your ability to make quick decisions based on market conditions. The format and content of these assessments can vary widely.

- 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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Graduate Quant Trader Developer (QTD)

Interviewed at Tibra

3.3
May 2, 2023

- 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

Hackerrank: mercury levels est., house pricing, max path sum Phone screen: Couple of straightforward maths q's + some easy behaviourals Quant interview: problem solving + maths. Don't need to answer all of them perfectly, as long as you're personable and can work towards the soln. Dev interview: paired programming - phone directory lookup. Same deal as quant interview. HR: standard behavioural q's with a focus on working in teams. Try to let a conversation flow from it.
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quant trader internship

Interviewed at Tibra

3.3
Sep 15, 2023

Hackerrank: mercury levels est., house pricing, max path sum Phone screen: Couple of straightforward maths q's + some easy behaviourals Quant interview: problem solving + maths. Don't need to answer all of them perfectly, as long as you're personable and can work towards the soln. Dev interview: paired programming - phone directory lookup. Same deal as quant interview. HR: standard behavioural q's with a focus on working in teams. Try to let a conversation flow from it.

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