Quantitative Trader applicants have rated the interview process at Optiver with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Trader roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Optiver overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Optiver as a Quantitative Trader according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Background check: 17%
Personality test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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Behavior Interview: For this interview you should come prepared to discuss your experiences and interests, as well as your motivation for the role and Optiver. The interview will take approximately 30 minutes.
First you send your CV and then you get different "challenges". One for sequences, one for probability and one for coding. All of them are quite hard, especially the probability one.
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Question 1
Roll one hundred dices, remove all possible groups of 1,2,3,4,5,6. Expected amount of dices left.
OA, phone, 3 interviews, each was a fun game that required risk taking and dealing with expectation. stay level headed and think about many cases. communicate clearly with your interviewer and explain everything.
a sequence of cognitive brainteasers requiring speed and accuracy, First round / online assessments consists of game-like rounds . Make sure to not hesitate in video rounds, as they are testing your confidence too.