I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2021
Interview
Received Hackerrank and Zyvo online assessments a few days after submitting my application. After a few days, received a Calendly invite to schedule a phone interview with a recruiter. Then, had my final round interviews over Zoom a few days after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Trading/Probability games that tested mental math, calibration, and various other informal skills.
OA for Round 1, involves a lot of quick calculations and estimations. Behavioural interview, Technical interviews and final superday. Final superday involves many interviews, but I did not reach that part.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why trading? Have you applied to any other places?
Multiple Rounds, first was behavioral and second was technical. They first did a pretty lengthy behavioral and seemed pretty good, but then the technical was mainly all Fermi estimations and market making games.
Online assessment followed by multiple steps of technical and behavioral interviews. Pretty standard process in general, positive experience. Seemed to care a lot about cultural fit more than other firms