I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver in Mar 2025
Interview
I applied on Optiver website and a cover letter was required to fill online. Then, I got the OA testing which cost me about 2 hours. After that, I got the HR call for behavior interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was required to answer 3 questions. Why trader, why optiver, why you on the call.
OA for Round 1, involves a lot of quick calculations and estimations. Behavioural interview, Technical interviews and final superday. Final superday involves many interviews, but I did not reach that part.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why trading? Have you applied to any other places?
Online assessment followed by multiple steps of technical and behavioral interviews. Pretty standard process in general, positive experience. Seemed to care a lot about cultural fit more than other firms
Multiple Rounds, first was behavioral and second was technical. They first did a pretty lengthy behavioral and seemed pretty good, but then the technical was mainly all Fermi estimations and market making games.