First, an SHL verify test. Then a python programming assessment. Was a simple one, involving parsing some logs. Then I had a behavioral round which I thought went well. But I got rejected.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Name 3 qualities of a quant researcher. Tell me about yourself. Why quant researcher?
Candidatei-me online. Fiz uma entrevista na empresa Optiver.
Entrevista
Passed Multiple Rounds.
First was a long OA with coding and maths questions.
Then HR
Then technical interview with a quant researcher.
Then a data challenge then i had to present the results of my data challenge.
Failed at this round
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Markov and coin tosses questions.
Probability that a table with 3 legs places randomly on a circle doesn't fall.
Questions about what would happens if features were correleated, why this model not another one, why this hyperparameter. difference ridge vs lasso. difference supervised vs unsupervised
Candidatei-me por indicação de um funcionário. O processo levou 4 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Optiver (Amsterdã) em nov. de 2025
Entrevista
OA, HR interveiw, Technical Interview, Take home assignment, Final round interviws (one HR one tech discussing take home). OA can be practised on various websites online. HR screen focussed on team work a lot. Technical was not too difficult, I may have just lucked out with the questions. Final round discussed ML techniques and their assumptions
2:30 hr OA contains coding probability game and quick math. Then a market making game round. Need to be quick. Then will be another market making game round. Both asking questions to make market.