Junior Trader applicants have rated the interview process at PEAK6 with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Junior Trader roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at PEAK6 overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at PEAK6 as a Junior Trader according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 31%
Skills test: 23%
IQ intelligence test: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Phone interview: 8%
Presentation: 8%
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I applied online. I interviewed at PEAK6 in Jul 2021
Interview
Applied online. Got an email later on with a series of tests. Some easy, some harder, Math test was basic but timed. Then came a test for pattern recognition where they'd throw you a sequence of figures and ask yout to select what the next figure in the sequence would be. Then got called in for interviews. First was a guy with some easy qs about finances and then a couple of minutes of timed mental math (tough). Then a more senior guys just asking regular interview qs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Vanilla interview questions (strengths, give me an ex of a time you worked collaborativelly, etc)
it was a total of 9 rounds, back to back, including card games, behavioral interviews, shadowing traders. Overall was very fun and friendly. Reception followed where you could network with the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you think is the most important thing about trading?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at PEAK6 (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2019
Interview
An online assessment or two then a super day. Super day had 6 30 min interviews spread across the day. Not too hard individually, but it's an exhausting day. They were very nice to me throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Options trading game at the super day. Typical "why do you want to be a trader" questions too. Also, a written coding challenge in a made-up language