Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 5 giorni. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Optiver (Dublino, Dublino) nel mese di ott 2012
Colloquio
I have been invited to the 1st stage of selection process which was a test meeting. This test consisted of 3 sections and the 1st one is decisive. Scoring at least 50 points out of 80 questions in 8 mins is required ( +1 point for a correct answer, -2 points for incorrect and skipped answers). Only 2 people out of around 16-18 passed through. 2nd section was a numeric sequences test, threshold at 20, but a grey zone was accepted. ( 26 questions overall, 30 mins limit). 3rd test was a combination of both mental arithmetic and numeric sequences. Pass score at 23. (40 questions in 10 mins).
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
The sequences test was a little bit more difficult than I thought.
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)
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.