Optiver interview questions
Updated Jun 3, 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 11%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 5%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%OtherOther
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 0%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
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Optiver interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Optiver as 49.2% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Strategy Manager and Marketing rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Coordinator and Senior Ssoftware Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Optiver takes an average of 21 days when considering 1,285 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Infrastructure Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Optiver according to 1,285 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
Skills test: 19%
One on one interview: 16%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 6%
Group panel interview: 4%
Background check: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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