Optiver Software Engineer(Internship) interview questions
Updated 24 Apr 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 4%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 3%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 1%OtherOther
Interview search
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Optiver interviews FAQs
- Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Optiver with 3.6 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 53.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Optiver overall takes an average of 24 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at Optiver as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
Skills test: 26%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Personality test: 11%
One on one interview: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
Background check: 5%
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