Optiver interview questions
Updated 3 Jun 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 11%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 5%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 2%OtherOther
- 1%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
- 0%In personIn person
Interview search
2,387 interviews
Optiver interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Optiver as 53.9% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.51 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Quant and Campus Recruiter rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Institutional Sales Trader and Graduate Student roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Optiver takes an average of 24 days when considering 362 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Trading Fast Track had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Spring Internship roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Optiver according to 362 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 19%
One on one interview: 19%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Personality test: 12%
Presentation: 6%
Group panel interview: 5%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 1%
Other: 1%
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