Junior Quant Trader applicants have rated the interview process at Optiver with 3.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 88% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Junior Quant Trader roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Junior Quant Trader according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Personality test: 33%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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zyvo assessment, 80 in 8 mental math, reaction time and puzzle games, sequences, probability, and personality. probability tough since only 10 problems in 15 mins and set limit of 90 seconds per problem
Mental math test practice before hand and make sure you are fast. After that you go to the numerical reasoning. Overall hard but rewarding experience make sure you prepare in advance.
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Question 1
Q: How long will it take to walk from New York to Chicago
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Optiver in Sep 2018
Interview
Just took an online math test. It was just simple mental arithmetic, nothing complicated, but they expect a lot of speed for medium size numbers so most people won’t pass unless they practice first.
I didn’t make the cutoff, and in retrospect probably wouldn’t have wanted to work somewhere where stuff like this matters too much. We have computers these days after all