Optiver Data Scientist interview questions
Updated May 7, 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 15%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 15%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 8%RecruiterRecruiter
- 8%OtherOther
Interview search
29 interviews
Optiver interviews FAQs
- Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Optiver with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 45% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 11 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 Data Scientist according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
Presentation: 31%
One on one interview: 31%
Personality test: 8%
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