Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 4 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Optiver (Amsterdam) nel mese di gen 2025
Colloquio
First round consist of solving number sequences, doing simple probability calculations, and some mindgames. All under strict time pressure. I would advice anyone to go over their probability and statistics course again beforehand. I got an invite to the second round wich is a conversation to test your personality. I have not done this yet so I can not talk much about it. The third round is another cognitive test but then 1-1 with a current trader.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Solve as many number sequences as possible within a 20 minute window
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.