First Derivatives interview questions
Updated Nov 19, 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 10%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 4%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 3%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%In personIn person
- 1%OtherOther
- 1%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
Interview search
403 interviews
First Derivatives interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at First Derivatives as 56.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.41 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Internal Recruiter and Senior Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Trading Technology Graduate and Java Developer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at First Derivatives takes an average of 21 days when considering 32 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Graduate Program Analyst had the quickest hiring process (on average 7 days), whereas Options Graduate roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at First Derivatives according to 32 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 23%
Personality test: 12%
Skills test: 10%
Group panel interview: 5%
Background check: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Presentation: 3%
Drug test: 2%
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