5 rounds of interview with final day live via Zoom (during Covid). First 2 rounds are various numerical tests, 3rd round is HR, 4th round is puzzles with a trader. The final day is market making, more HR and more puzzles.
a very typical intern interview, just ask u some normal question about ur background and why trading why the company
only general behaviour question, nothing about math or tech for the first round interview
Candidatei-me online. Fiz uma entrevista na empresa Optiver.
Entrevista
There were many different mini games that did not immediately appear relevant to trading. The games during the interview appeared to measure confidence, technical skill, and how risk averse the candidate was.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Rolling a fair die 1-6, probability of getting each number exactly once.
Mental math assessment, rapid fire market making virtual interview mostly on Fermi estimations, virtual aptitude assessment with HR followed by final day of interviews on betting strategies and making markets.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
You and N other players are each dealt a number and bet on the average taking turns and going around many times. What is your strategy? How does it change if everyone knows the distributions the numbers were sampled from?