Optiver Graduate Software Engineer interview questions
Updated 4 Mar 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 4%Employee referralEmployee referral
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Optiver interviews FAQs
- Graduate Software Engineer 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 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Graduate Software Engineer roles take an average of 39 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 21 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at Optiver as a Graduate Software Engineer according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 21%
Personality test: 11%
Skills test: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Presentation: 4%
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