I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2025
Interview
1. OA
2. technical round with several rounds of betting on many different games with different bets. You are given bets for every outcome and the ability to bet some of your chips. For example, the outcome for HHH out of three coin flips with a bet ration 1 : 7.2
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. OA
2. technical round with several rounds of betting on many different games with different bets. You are given bets for every outcome and the ability to bet some of your chips. For example, the outcome for HHH out of three coin flips with a bet ration 1 : 7.2
OA for Round 1, involves a lot of quick calculations and estimations. Behavioural interview, Technical interviews and final superday. Final superday involves many interviews, but I did not reach that part.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why trading? Have you applied to any other places?
Multiple Rounds, first was behavioral and second was technical. They first did a pretty lengthy behavioral and seemed pretty good, but then the technical was mainly all Fermi estimations and market making games.
Online assessment followed by multiple steps of technical and behavioral interviews. Pretty standard process in general, positive experience. Seemed to care a lot about cultural fit more than other firms
