Junior Trader applicants have rated the interview process at Optiver with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Junior Trader roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Optiver overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Optiver as a Junior Trader according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 67%
Skills test: 33%
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The following proces:
1st round were games, including mental math, memory games
2nd round was hr interview, asking questions about motivation
3rd round: technical interview
4th round: technical interview
5th round: at office
I only got past the online assessment and got to the first round which was a HR interview. The online assessment involves 2 tests, probability questions and one with some form of games which test your reaction time, your thinking etc. it was quite fun to do
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Question 1
One thing they asked was my experience/what I did for trading. Unfortunately, I had no experience within trading.
80x8 Test : mental math exercise where I had to solve 80 short arithmetic problems in 8 minutes without using a calculator or paper. The questions are usually simple in structure—typically involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of small numbers
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
80 short arithmetic problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of small numbers but also fraction and small equations