Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at World Trade Securities as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Equities Trader and Trader Support Staff rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Trader and Day Trader roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at World Trade Securities takes an average of 12 days when considering 4 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Day Trader had the quickest hiring process (on average 2 days), whereas Trader roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 21 days).
I interviewed at World Trade Securities (Montreal, QC)
Interview
The first part of the interview is Chinese question (because this position is for Chinese traders); the second part is English question, following with some typing test and excel test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me one thing that you did not pay attention to and if you could do it again, you would do it better?
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at World Trade Securities (New York, NY) in Feb 2013
Interview
I was emailed to interview here, thinking it was a normal, salaried trading position but then found out that it was nothing more than a typical prop shop. Wherein you're asked to put up your own money up front for your licenses and your individual trading account. A waste of my time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you like sports? (Wanted someone who likes competition...?)
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at World Trade Securities (Montreal, QC) in Mar 2011
Interview
The interview was with two managers from the firm. They contacted me through email for a test after 2 weeks we had a panel interview. Received the offer after 2 weeks
Generally easy questions about risk and trading. what is trading risk? what is your plan in 5 years? what is the ideal job if you could not trade.
if I offered you two choices: one dollar or a game where you had to guess a number from one to 10 and if you guess correctly you would receive $10. which one would you select