I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at ION Trading in Jul 2011
Interview
Initial phone interview lasted approximately 20 minutes and was very fair and straightforward. It consisted of simple background questions regarding my education and past experience, and of course my reasons for applying to the position. The 1:1 interview was a week or two after this at the company offices. This involved a more in depth discussion of my background, and more intensive questioning regarding my reasons for choosing the company and the position, and specifically why I believed I was suited to the role. During this discussion I was permitted to ask as many questions about the company and role as I pleased. It was quite an open dialogue, and I felt that I was allowed to express my preparation for the interview in a relatively free form and open way, which suited me. About three days after this, I was offered a final 1:1 interview, which I declined for personal reasons, but I would have happily accepted a position with this company had the opportunity arisen.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If a client was experiencing severe problems (with the product), how would you best approach communicating with them and solving the problem?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ION Trading (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Didn't get an offer, but was a fairly intensive process as outlined below:
- first round phone screening (recruitment firm)
- second round in-person: {IQ Test, Developer-focused interview though this was for a non-dev position, and a final 1:1 with another office manager} --> overall technical/aptitude focus
- third round teleconference interview with group lead based in London, UK --> mostly theoretical focus (bonds, equities, and some spontaneous random questions like "what's 108 multiplied by 8" or "if a clock shows 4:10pm, tell me how you would obtain the angle of the...")
- fourth round teleconference interview with COO Gavin Bambury based in London, UK
Overall wouldn't say the interviews were that grueling, but I was surprised to not get an offer. Judging from the feedback I received from my headhunter re: 4th round interview, it's quite possible that there's probably some mismanaged expectations at this company.
Bottom line: I was interviewing for a business analyst / client-facing (basically glorified tech support) role @ 45-60k tops... and was essentially rejected due to my lack of capital market policy knowledge (i.e. Dodd Frank and Volker details). In retrospect, and reading other company reviews here, seems like there's some top-down elitism/toxicity at this place.
Overall pretty crappy experience.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Timed IQ Test - (Pattern recognition, logic puzzles, etc.)
I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at ION Trading (New York, NY) in Mar 2015
Interview
The interview process consisted of 6 rounds of interviews and a case study. Each interview was 30 minutes with a 10 minute break between each of the interviews. There was a case study where you had 1 hour to prepare and then had to give a 30 minute presentation in front of three of the managers.
I applied online. I interviewed at ION Trading (Dublin, Dublin)
Interview
Submitted CV, emailed regarding an interview. It was the first interview of two/three more interviews. Staff were friendly, however, interview process was more intense than other I had attended.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you ensure that sources used in projects are real and not edited like that of wiki?
