I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Optiver (Mumbai) in Jul 2025
Interview
OA (design qn LLD) + GD (math problem, more focused on your cognitive skills)
Technical intv erview + Behavorial round by HR (They do most of the talking for u)
Interview more about systems, deisgn thinking, cache, OS
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OS, cache locality, mainly just that, questions surrounding that, mostly language agnostic
Lungo processo di selezione con lunghi esercizi, mi chiamano per una prima interview di conoscenza. Chiacchiere informali e mi scartano senza feedback. Non mi e piaciuto per nulla, sopratutto il lungo processo
1 round behavioral phone screening, 1 round technical around 45 minutes with an engineer. Make sure to brush up on DSA fundamentals for the technical interview. Phone screening was a standard 20 min interview with HR
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and why you are interested?
Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Optiver with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 44% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Optiver overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Optiver as a Internship according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
IQ intelligence test: 33%
Personality test: 17%
Skills test: 17%
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