Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Optiver
Colloquio
Online tests, followed by interview with HR, and then onsite. Onsite requires a lot of familiarity with trading concepts despite claims that you don't need any knowledge (you really need to be comfortable with reading pricing ladders, trading terminology, and making quick decisions without having time to think about what things mean). Interviewers are very confrontational and try to simulate a hostile environment. That said, don't expect any kind of academic math or technical knowledge to help here - it's more akin to playing poker. They test skills that are a proxy of ability as a trader, but it is quite a noisy process.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Market making games Card games Trading simulations with arbitrage opportunities
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Optiver (Amsterdam)
Colloquio
Online Assessment, followed by standard HR interview, subsequently cognitive test. OA was largely game-based, designed to test speed, mental math and probability skills.
Interview was virtual, first with HR Person, very standard motivation and CV questions, then cognitive interview with a trader.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 4 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Optiver (Sydney) nel mese di mar 2024
Colloquio
Four online technical assessments lasting approximately 2hrs 45 mins: a sequences test, a probability test, 9 minigames assessing traits such as logic, memory, reaction time and risk appetite, and a psychometric test.
This was followed by a 45 minute behavioural intererview with a recruiter in which the focus was on competitiveness, drive, ability to work under pressure and appetite for problem solving.
The final round then consisted of two technical interviews lasting approximately 60 mins each, after the second of which I was rejected. A final behavioural interview would have followed. Questions included estimation, probability questions using coins and dice as well as large components based around betting games and tournament brackets where one had to identify arbitrage opportunities or maximise expected payoff.
Provide a quick estimate for the number of prime numbers between 1-100 and 1-1000.
Then, given there are x prime numbers between 1-10000, would this change your estimate?
Then I was asked to provide some 100% confidence interval for these values.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Optiver (Chicago Heights, IL)
Colloquio
OA that was just logic questions and a ton of brain teasers and minigames and then 15 minute behavioral interview that consisted of standard interview questions. Got rejected after the behavioral.