I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver (Amsterdam) in Nov 2024
Interview
Online assessment, behavioral interview with hr, cognitive interview 1, cognitive interview 2, interview day.
The final interview day is made up of two individual virtual interviews; a behavioural interview and a cognitive interview. The order of the interviews will change per candidate, please refer to your interview itinerary in your confirmation email. Please block the whole day in case of conflicts.
You will start with a trader chat, which is a Q&A session for you to get more insight on what a day in a life of a trader looks like. You will have the opportunity to ask questions in all your interviews for the day, so come prepared and don’t be afraid to be curious!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Four parts assessed: Number logic, Zap-N, Zap-Q, Beat the odd.
a very typical intern interview, just ask u some normal question about ur background and why trading why the company
only general behaviour question, nothing about math or tech for the first round interview
There were many different mini games that did not immediately appear relevant to trading. The games during the interview appeared to measure confidence, technical skill, and how risk averse the candidate was.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Rolling a fair die 1-6, probability of getting each number exactly once.
Mental math assessment, rapid fire market making virtual interview mostly on Fermi estimations, virtual aptitude assessment with HR followed by final day of interviews on betting strategies and making markets.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You and N other players are each dealt a number and bet on the average taking turns and going around many times. What is your strategy? How does it change if everyone knows the distributions the numbers were sampled from?
