I applied online. I interviewed at Optiver in Oct 2021
Interview
Online Assessments + Behavioral Interview + Technical Interview (I only got to the behavioral)
The online assessment consisted of two parts. An IQ + Reaction time test and an arithmetic + probability test. For the arithmetic test you have to solve 80 questions in 10 minutes.
a very typical intern interview, just ask u some normal question about ur background and why trading why the company
only general behaviour question, nothing about math or tech for the first round interview
There were many different mini games that did not immediately appear relevant to trading. The games during the interview appeared to measure confidence, technical skill, and how risk averse the candidate was.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Rolling a fair die 1-6, probability of getting each number exactly once.
Mental math assessment, rapid fire market making virtual interview mostly on Fermi estimations, virtual aptitude assessment with HR followed by final day of interviews on betting strategies and making markets.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You and N other players are each dealt a number and bet on the average taking turns and going around many times. What is your strategy? How does it change if everyone knows the distributions the numbers were sampled from?
