Graduate Quant Researcher 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Quant Researcher roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Optiver overall takes an average of 24 days.
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It is a very long process. 1st round are múltiple online tests, the stats one being particularly hard compared to other QR tests. There is also very little time to go though the stats questions
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Probability and statistics, with very small amount of time for each
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Optiver (London, England)
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One Online assessmen, one HR interview, one technical interview. Then final interview consists of 2 interviews, one technical and one HR.
I made it to the final interview but got rejected based on poor performance in the technical part.
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If you dont get the role, what are your alternatives?