Electronic Trading Interview Questions

Electronic Trading Systems Support

Interviewed at Bloomberg

4★

28 July 2011

There were several questions about specific competitor's option trading software compared to Bloomberg's.

Electronic Trading Group

Interviewed at Knight Capital

3.4★

1 July 2012

Standard probability and statistics.

Electronic Trading Associate

Interviewed at Barclays

3.9★

9 Jan 2023

Questions were standard math and probability.

SM&D Electronic Trading Quant

Interviewed at Barclays

3.9★

7 Jan 2026

They repeatedly focused on core mathematical fundamentals, especially linear algebra, probability, and regression. Typical questions involved expectations and variance algebra, properties of covariance matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and deriving or explaining regression assumptions and closed-form solutions.

Electronic Trading Desk

Interviewed at Merrill

3.8★

13 Jan 2017

Tell me three things about the current market.

Electronic Trading Sales: NY

Interviewed at Goldman Sachs

3.7★

19 July 2014

straightforward questions.

Electronic Trading Operations Specialist

Interviewed at Bloomberg

4★

10 Sept 2019

Describe the trading flow life-cycle

Electronic Trading

Interviewed at Banque Nationale du Canada/National Bank of Canada

3.9★

28 Feb 2025

Probability and logic and combinatorics

Electronic Trading Associate

Interviewed at Barclays

3.9★

18 May 2022

How to arrange a meeting room based on the different faculty's available time

Electronic Trading Coverage and Sales

Interviewed at itarle

2.3★

19 Dec 2022

Didn't even get to that, they declined the phone call scheduled on the day of the interview