Graduate Quant Trader applicants have rated the interview process at Optiver with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Quant Trader roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Optiver overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Optiver as a Graduate Quant Trader according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
IQ intelligence test: 50%
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Difficult, need to prepare for the mental maths definitely. You can prepare using several online tools but take some weeks. Didnt make it further than the first round of online assessments though.
Just like a normal behavioural interview. Have been asked questions like Why are you interested in quantitative trading and what is ur greatest achievement so far. HR was nice and ask questions based on your answers.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver in Jan 2023
Interview
1 - Online Assessment 2 - HR 3 - Technical Interview (2* 1 hour) with two different traders 4 - Final Round (1 hour introduction, 1 hour technical Interview, 1 hour hr with head of training )
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Say we fire you after one year, what would have been the reason?