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      Graduate Broker Trader (Chicago, IL) Interview

      26 May 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Chicago, IL

      Other Graduate Broker Trader (Chicago, IL) interview reviews for IMC Trading

      Graduate Broker Trader (Chicago, IL) Interview

      26 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at IMC Trading (Chicago, IL)

      Interview

      The process was a market making game for a sports betting market. They also require you to remember your p&l through mental math. Wasn't the hardest but if you're good at mental math and calculating odds, it should be pretty straight forward!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given odds and prices, what is the most you would pay to play
      Answer question
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at IMC Trading

      Interview

      Had a reference so I skipped the first round and immediately went to the HR portion which I am at now. Waiting to hear more try your best to get a reference if possible your resume is auto passed on.

      Graduate Broker Trader (Chicago, IL) Interview

      21 Feb 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Chicago, IL
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at IMC Trading (Chicago, IL) in Feb 2022

      Interview

      I hope this helps future candidates and that IMC will see this and reconsider their trading process. I applied to the Graduate Broker Trader position in Chicago, IL nearly two-three weeks ago. I received an email within the next few days to take a Math/Stats/Probability Theory exam. It was 15 questions in 60 minutes. My background was in Math/Stats (the job description seeks candidates with a degree in Finance, Economics, etc.) and it was by far the hardest math trading exam I have taken. I passed it (see interview questions) and moved onto the third stage which was a HireVue video interview. Four interview questions (see interview questions below) and was emailed about moving onto the fourth stage. At the fourth stage, I met with a recruiter for 15 minutes and shared my interest in the position, why I want to work at IMC, and why I would fit being a Graduate Broker Trader. I prepared extensively using the 2020 IMC Board Report. A recruiter coordinator told me that albeit I did my research and can see how much I cared, she believes I would not be a good fit because I am more "quantitative" than what the role asked for. Albeit I emphasized words from the job description throughout the interview, she said they were looking for someone that was "more social". She told me she would talk to the team and get back to me that same day or early next week. I did not hear back and emailed her on Tuesday of that week and nearly a week later. She ghosted me, and after enduring four rounds of the interview process I find this extremely unprofessional. Let alone, this position requires "superior numerical skills" and "Python programming preferred", yet she said that the job "almost never uses either, and that you would be talking way more as a trader". Talking is mandatory, yes, but it is weird considering someone who was a former broker trader there is now a Quant Trader at IMC (thanks LinkedIn). Being told I fit being a Quant Trader and seeing someone else start as a Broker Trader and now act as a Quant Trader at the same company is ironically funny. Additionally, why make the job interview super intensive and difficult with the math interview questions if the new hire is someone that is doing almost no math and programming daily? Many applicants probably got weeded out after the second stage (the math assessment) and they seem like a better fit for the candidate you are seeking. Honestly, I think she wasted my time and probably does not know what she is talking about if the qualifications of the seeking candidate on the job description differ than what she said they are looking for. IMC, you may want to reconsider your job description qualifications or share with this recruiter what you are looking for instead of making candidates go through a process the first two rounds require a candidate to possess several skills that are not even relevant to the day-to-day career.   For future reference, please send out an email or some other form of contact to anyone that gets to the final round(s) of the interview. It is extremely time-consuming for applicants to prepare for the interviews and be ghosted. These reviews are generally taken seriously, and are an element to your company's reputation.
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