I applied online. I interviewed at Optiver (Chicago, IL) in Jul 2025
Interview
I had a Behavioral Interview for Optiver Graduate Software role. It was about 30 minutes long. And the overall experience was good. they asked about general BQ questions. I did some research beforehand and practiced the questions. I will list the questions I've been asked below
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please introduce yourself
Talk about your project experience
Why are you applying to this company?
What qualities/skills should a good software engineer have?
Among these qualities, which ones do you need to improve?
What have you grown the most in? Give an example.
How would your teammates likely evaluate you?
If someone doesn’t want to work with you, what could be the reason?
What other companies have you applied to?
What are your criteria for choosing a company?
What does your ideal work environment look like?
Final Q&A session
A bit anxiety inducing, there were two developers observing and asking questions. Real-time problem solving required, conducted on Hacker Rank virtually, video and mic enabled - quite nervewracking to say the least
I had one round, which was an online HackerRank test. I wasn’t able to pass all the test cases, and as a result, I did not progress to the next stage of the process.
A lot of interviews. Started off with a call, then some online tests. Then a technical interview. Then a live coding interview along with a architecture interview. Last step would have been final day interview but I did not get that far.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many bits do you need to store a number up to X. And how can you represent that.