I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver (London, England) in Dec 2024
Interview
Screening interview, 30 minutes. General introduction, what the job is about, Why Optiver? What do you know about Optiver?
No technical questions, just general business related questions. No need to specify interest in finance as I had a previous interview with Optiver.
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Question 1
What kind of problems do you think you will be doing?
I applied online. I interviewed at Optiver in Feb 2026
Interview
As soon as my CV reached them, I had 7 days to complete a HackerRank and 2 more tests. It took them from Monday morning (when I submitted the coding test) to Wednesday evening to reply.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was a Hacker Rank average but difficult, then a CS questions in multiple choice and finally some kind of minigames.
After I applied, I received an online assessment shortly. It was hacker-rank styled. I had only 2 choices of language - C++ and Java. A bit difficult than average, but doable with a lot of practice.
The original assessments consisted of:
- A coding test (1 hard question) which takes approx. 75 minutes
- A coding knowledge quiz
- Zap-N, a set of short neuro assessment games
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The coding test question was very difficult. Required a great understanding of data structures in programming and problem solving