Software Engineering applicants have rated the interview process at Optiver with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineering roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Software Engineering according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Presentation: 29%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
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online interview was difficult. There were three parts: coding, mc questions, and number theory questions. can't prepare for the second and third, and first was a hard + medium lc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
write a program that outputs messages from timestamps that are not in chronological order.
1. Take home assignment on Hackerrank in which you are challenged to solve some algorithmic problems. This should take ~2-3 hours, but you have 2 days.
2. 30 minutes HR Interview about your motivation and to answer possible questions you have.
3. Technical interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why would you want to work at Optiver over other companies you are applying to.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Optiver (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2020
Interview
They gave me a custom Hackrrank problem where I have to write a tree search algorithm that detected cycles, ill-formed data, and illegal splits. They scheduled me an interview without any technical questions.