I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IMC Trading in Oct 2018
Interview
Relatively easy online coding test and enough time to finish, so there's no need to rush.
However, the descriptions can be unclear. I made the wrong assumption about the input parameter data and wrote my algo based on that. MY algo did exactly what I wanted to do and was quite efficient too. But, turned out because I made a slightly off assumption, I was actually solving the problem in a wrong way.
I take this as part my oversight and the fault of how the question was worded. Seriously, you could have just explained exactly how the input parameters are structured.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic Algo question. Maybe Medium difficulty on Hackerrank?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at IMC Trading (Chicago, IL)
Interview
for online assessment, there was a question about calculating info from an order book. helps if you know how one works beforehand. only one question and coding preferred in C++ or java.
one technical round and one hr round. technical round was moderately hard. hr round was about your personality, asking about general questions to check if you fit in their workspace.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IMC Trading with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 88 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IMC Trading overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IMC Trading as a Software Engineer according to 88 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 21%
One on one interview: 18%
Phone interview: 16%
Presentation: 13%
Personality test: 11%
Group panel interview: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Background check: 1%
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