Quant Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Optiver with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quant Intern roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Quant Intern according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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After I applied they sent me an online screening that had several games and probability questions. The online assessment probably took around 3-5 hours, after which I found out I was not selected to continue.
At least 6 rounds spanning OA, behaviorals/HR, technicals (games), which was scattered through many weeks. Hard to prepare for, aside from prepping mental math and just being ready in the moment.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Optiver in Aug 2024
Interview
Extremely long process for the automatic assessment that everyone gets, took over 3 hours to complete and the video technical round was standard for trading positions with a trading game