Graduate Software Developer 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 Developer 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 Developer according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
Personality test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Background check: 7%
Presentation: 4%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Optiver in Sept 2023
Interview
The interview process consists of a 2 hour coding challenge which is made up of 2 questions. After this you then move on to do a "coding knowledge" challenge which you get to complete in 20 minutes. The last part of the assessment is a series of game based assessments.
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Question 1
The initial assessment has 2 coding questions and you are allowed to answer the questions using either Java, Python or C++
I applied online. I interviewed at Optiver in Feb 2026
Interview
As soon as my CV reached them, I had 7 days to complete a HackerRank and 2 more tests. It took them from Monday morning (when I submitted the coding test) to Wednesday evening to reply.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was a Hacker Rank average but difficult, then a CS questions in multiple choice and finally some kind of minigames.
After I applied, I received an online assessment shortly. It was hacker-rank styled. I had only 2 choices of language - C++ and Java. A bit difficult than average, but doable with a lot of practice.
The original assessments consisted of:
- A coding test (1 hard question) which takes approx. 75 minutes
- A coding knowledge quiz
- Zap-N, a set of short neuro assessment games
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The coding test question was very difficult. Required a great understanding of data structures in programming and problem solving