I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver
Interview
Quick HR interview after passing the online assessment. After communication with other interviewees, we felt that the reason for being rejected was highly correlated with the sponsorship problem. The recruiter gave rejection quickly on the next day of the interview with bare exceptance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Education background confirmation. Sponsorship.
Why this position, why quantitative trading?
Why Optiver?
Do you have something that you have been sticking to for years?
Can you tell me a period (from your internships) that you receive bad remarks?
What are their potential competing candidates and other companies that they should pay attention to?
What are the key factors you pay attention to when choosing companies?
Which office prefer? Chicago or Huston?
First you send your CV and then you get different "challenges". One for sequences, one for probability and one for coding. All of them are quite hard, especially the probability one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Roll one hundred dices, remove all possible groups of 1,2,3,4,5,6. Expected amount of dices left.
OA, phone, 3 interviews, each was a fun game that required risk taking and dealing with expectation. stay level headed and think about many cases. communicate clearly with your interviewer and explain everything.
a sequence of cognitive brainteasers requiring speed and accuracy, First round / online assessments consists of game-like rounds . Make sure to not hesitate in video rounds, as they are testing your confidence too.
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