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HR interview: Tell me about a time where you worked in a team Technical interview: Expected value of call option at 30 for the product of 2 dice, what about the put at 4, and lastly what call option has the same expected value as the put at 4. Market making game: Make me a market on the sales revenue of Tesco in 2021. Then we trade and asks stuff like breakeven price and overall position. Probability question: 2doors, behind one there is 1million € behind the other there is nothing, you want to pick the door where the money is. You have a coin which tells you where the money is 60% of the time. What's the probability you get the right door if you are allowed to toss the coin 1 time? What abiut 2times? And 3? (Need to calculate in your mind) How can you improve your accuracy of picking the right door? Lastly, he asked for an approximate probability for 4 coin tosses? (Without calculation) HR final interview: What's a weakness of yours? What did you do in regarding this weakness? Technical interview final round: Using a deck of 52cards picks 3cards at random, you have to quickly add them up and bet on them using call/put options. Standard deviation and expected value questions were also asked together with a probability question later on. Overall an enjoyable interview process and I want to add that I believe that anyone can pass these interviews if he has a good math understand and prepares well. Good luck!
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Graduate Trader

Interviewed at Optiver

3.8
Sep 15, 2022

HR interview: Tell me about a time where you worked in a team Technical interview: Expected value of call option at 30 for the product of 2 dice, what about the put at 4, and lastly what call option has the same expected value as the put at 4. Market making game: Make me a market on the sales revenue of Tesco in 2021. Then we trade and asks stuff like breakeven price and overall position. Probability question: 2doors, behind one there is 1million € behind the other there is nothing, you want to pick the door where the money is. You have a coin which tells you where the money is 60% of the time. What's the probability you get the right door if you are allowed to toss the coin 1 time? What abiut 2times? And 3? (Need to calculate in your mind) How can you improve your accuracy of picking the right door? Lastly, he asked for an approximate probability for 4 coin tosses? (Without calculation) HR final interview: What's a weakness of yours? What did you do in regarding this weakness? Technical interview final round: Using a deck of 52cards picks 3cards at random, you have to quickly add them up and bet on them using call/put options. Standard deviation and expected value questions were also asked together with a probability question later on. Overall an enjoyable interview process and I want to add that I believe that anyone can pass these interviews if he has a good math understand and prepares well. Good luck!

1. This 8 minute test will assess your speed and accuracy in basic mental arithmetic. In our experience, candidates are able to improve their performance on this test quite significantly by practicing using online resources. 2. This assessment consists of 9 short neuro-assessment games. Each game lasts between 2 and 15 minutes. The assessment takes about 60 minutes to complete overall. 3. You will have 25 minutes to complete a numerical reasoning test. 4. This test will assess your ability to apply probability theory. You have a limited time per question; and 15 minutes to complete the assessment overall.
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Junior Trader

Interviewed at Optiver

3.8
Oct 31, 2022

1. This 8 minute test will assess your speed and accuracy in basic mental arithmetic. In our experience, candidates are able to improve their performance on this test quite significantly by practicing using online resources. 2. This assessment consists of 9 short neuro-assessment games. Each game lasts between 2 and 15 minutes. The assessment takes about 60 minutes to complete overall. 3. You will have 25 minutes to complete a numerical reasoning test. 4. This test will assess your ability to apply probability theory. You have a limited time per question; and 15 minutes to complete the assessment overall.

Voor de wiskundetoets, een punt voor iedere vraag, of je hem nou goed hebt of niet. Ook wordt er een punt afgetrokken voor iedere fout. Dus als je 65 vragen beantwoordt, en je hebt er 60 goed, dan krijg je 60 punten. Je hebt 48 punten nodig om door te gaa
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Trader

Interviewed at Optiver

3.8
Sep 19, 2013

Voor de wiskundetoets, een punt voor iedere vraag, of je hem nou goed hebt of niet. Ook wordt er een punt afgetrokken voor iedere fout. Dus als je 65 vragen beantwoordt, en je hebt er 60 goed, dan krijg je 60 punten. Je hebt 48 punten nodig om door te gaa

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