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      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      Nov 6, 2018
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Chicago, IL
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver (Chicago, IL) in Sep 2018

      Interview

      Applied via a college career fair. Received a HackerRank test the following day with a 24 hour time limit. Problems were of reasonable difficulty, though the last problem was long and involved multiple steps. Two days later, I was scheduled for a brief phone interview, where I was asked about my prior experience and interests. After this interview, I was moved to the on-site round the following week. On-site began with a 'code review' of my HackerRank answers. Interviewer asked about my thought process for each of my solutions, and asked how I would change my solutions after reflecting on them. He also provided slight tweaks or twists to each problem and asked how I might alter my code. Following this interview was a design interview which involved whiteboarding a system to solve a specific problem. After lunch, there was a behavioral interview which involved talking in-depth about my previous experience. Finally, there was an 'executive chat', which gave me the chance to ask an executive at the company questions. I heard back about my offer soon after the following week. Compensation and benefits were very competitive, but I chose to go elsewhere for fit reasons. Overall, my experience was very pleasant. The process moved quickly, and interviews seemed fair.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What has been your favorite/least favorite course you've taken, and why?
      Answer question
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      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Amsterdam
      No offer
      Positive experience
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      Application

      I interviewed at Optiver (Amsterdam)

      Interview

      OA; quite long, 3 tests Behavioral interview: just a short talk with HR, motivation,… Technical Interview 1: fundamental CS, nothing more Technical Interview 2: system design, very vague but just go with the flow Technical Interview 3: live coding, still leetcode but optiver style is a very descriptive problem, but the main thing could be boiled down into only few lines

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      Apr 9, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
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      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Optiver

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      They gave a long block of python code and wanted me to find the error in it, then wanted me to explain how I would make the system more scalable.

      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      Mar 8, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Sydney
      Declined offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Optiver (Sydney)

      Interview

      Difficult OA. Design question. Included min/max heap with lazy deletion + fib number sequencing + hashmaps all in one question. Easy techincal in comparison. Just don't stop typing during the OA and make sure to read everything carefully.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Difficult OA. Design question. Included min/max heap with lazy deletion + fib number sequencing + hashmaps all in one question. Easy techincal in comparison. Just don't stop typing during the OA and make sure to read everything carefully.
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