Graduate Hardware Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IMC Trading with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Hardware Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IMC Trading overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IMC Trading as a Graduate Hardware Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 100%
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I applied online. I interviewed at IMC Trading (Chicago, IL) in Jan 2026
Interview
Recruiter would take a considerably long time to respond, making it extremely difficult to properly plan a follow-up interview time. Finally confirmed an in-person interview (which would require an international flight for me) THE DAY BEFORE the interview was scheduled, and only bothered to change the interview date after I pushed back.
Interview process itself is straightforward, but difficult. Two 80-minute interviews where each round has two new interviewers. A lot of whiteboarding problems.
The fact that they fly you out is nice, but the overall treatment and attitude to candidates proves they do not value your time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw out a block diagram for the interaction between a memory primitive (like some sort of RAM) and a wrapper for that primitive.
I applied for this job online on August 13 and did not receive any feedback from the company. After 2 weeks, I emailed hr for further information and then was informed that they decided not to follow up on my application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why did you choose your current major and research interest?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at IMC Trading
Interview
First a multiple choice quiz then a timed coding assessment then a recorded video interview and then onsite final interviews super day. Pretty easy technical, logical and algorithm type questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one criticism you have received from friends or teammates?