a very typical intern interview, just ask u some normal question about ur background and why trading why the company
only general behaviour question, nothing about math or tech for the first round interview
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Optiver (Sydney) en févr. 2025
Entretien
First stage is a hard mental math online assessment & Number Sequences. Fractions are important. You have to be extremely fast. Take at least 2 weeks to practice mental math to be ready to even pass the first online round.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
What is the next number in the sequence: 1, 16, 7, 100, 13 ...
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Optiver
Entretien
There were many different mini games that did not immediately appear relevant to trading. The games during the interview appeared to measure confidence, technical skill, and how risk averse the candidate was.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Rolling a fair die 1-6, probability of getting each number exactly once.
Mental math assessment, rapid fire market making virtual interview mostly on Fermi estimations, virtual aptitude assessment with HR followed by final day of interviews on betting strategies and making markets.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
You and N other players are each dealt a number and bet on the average taking turns and going around many times. What is your strategy? How does it change if everyone knows the distributions the numbers were sampled from?
