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      Junior Quantitative Trader Interview

      11 Mar 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Optiver

      Interview

      Telephone Interview, followed by an online test. The telephone interview asked basic behavioural questions, nothing technical at the telephone interview stage. The whole interview takes around 40 mins to finish

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Basic behavioural questions, no technical.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Describe one thing that you really strive hard to achieve
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      Junior Quantitative Trader Interview

      8 Feb 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Amsterdam
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver (Amsterdam) in Jan 2025

      Interview

      1st Round - very long online assessment involves quick maths, finding sequences, probability questions and a series of SapQ games 2ndRound - behavioural screening, failed on this one, good experience though. Questions asked are regular behavioural questions

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Behavioural questions involved: "what is your biggest achievement to date?" "why you want to work as a quantitative trader?" "why Optiver?" "How did you stand out comparing to other candidates?"
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      Junior Quantitative Trader Interview

      22 Feb 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Optiver

      Interview

      Eerste ronde een rekentoets met 80 vragen waar je 8 minuten voor krijgt. Tweede ronde nog een rekentoets, inductieproblemen, en iets soortgelijks aan een IQ test (patronen herkennen). Daarna 3 interviews, een HR screening, een technische interview en een final interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Een voorbeeld van een rekenvraag 1/3/2/?=1/2
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