I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IMC Trading (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
I applied online on the website. I got the first round of invitation for an Online Coding Assessment. It contained 2 coding questions. I think time was around 2 hours. Need to take the test by 48 hours of getting the email. I did not pass the test as the stack problem was a bit tricky.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Min moves of Knight when you have Bishop too
2) Implement Stack that does push, pop, peek as well as sum, inc
I applied through university. I interviewed at IMC Trading (Chicago, IL)
Interview
for online assessment, there was a question about calculating info from an order book. helps if you know how one works beforehand. only one question and coding preferred in C++ or java.
one technical round and one hr round. technical round was moderately hard. hr round was about your personality, asking about general questions to check if you fit in their workspace.
Coding Challenge, Recruiter Phone Screen, Project Interview, Onsite. Coding Challenge was definitely on the challenging side of those I've taken. They dive deep into your past & current experiences for project interview. Onsite was challenging -- a long problem statement.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why IMC? Challenging Project? Favorite language feature?