I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Optiver (New York, NY) in July 2024
Interview
Was just talking to people in their team. Process seems fine but if you express a bit of desire that you want to do research related ro alpha, they will verbally tell you there are lots of opportunities in optiver but then reject you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General question on what i did in my last job and how we managed risk
The following proces:
1st round were games, including mental math, memory games
2nd round was hr interview, asking questions about motivation
3rd round: technical interview
4th round: technical interview
5th round: at office
I only got past the online assessment and got to the first round which was a HR interview. The online assessment involves 2 tests, probability questions and one with some form of games which test your reaction time, your thinking etc. it was quite fun to do
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One thing they asked was my experience/what I did for trading. Unfortunately, I had no experience within trading.
80x8 Test : mental math exercise where I had to solve 80 short arithmetic problems in 8 minutes without using a calculator or paper. The questions are usually simple in structure—typically involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of small numbers
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
80 short arithmetic problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of small numbers but also fraction and small equations