spent about 1.5 months pretty much purely dedicated to preparing for interviews for all the pre-penultimate programs (Optiver, IMC, JS, SIG, Citadel, etc). I used these resources:
Green book (Really good starter but I got bored of it after a few weeks)
EverythingQuant (Went through literally every single interview prep question, went through the interview guides, and completed the probability course just to make sure I covered all bases)
Briefly read through this guide
Watched coding Jesus in my spare time (not sure if this helped directly lmao but he’s a great creator and very informative)
Colloquio difficile
Candidatura
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Optiver
Colloquio
Maths test (80 questions in 8 min) followed by an HR interview and then a video interview (technical interview on skype) and then a final assesment day. They really grill you hard on skype. You need to be strong on probabiliities. They also ask you brain teasers.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Make a market on the number of chickens in Germany.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Optiver (Amsterdam)
Colloquio
Mental math test, beat the odds, online puzzle like games etc online, brain teasers during physical interview and a behavioral interview where they want to assess how competitive and assertive you are.
OA was weird and hard. there was only three sections (i think) this year compared to 5 last year. questions are weird and I don't know how they can judge your ability base on that.