a few general question like where do you see yourself in 5 years, why did you apply on the job (cie). A few question on stock market; what is the dow jone, how many points is the dow jone now, what is an option what is a short trade etc
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What technical skills do you have? I.e excel macros
system of equations question
Why are you the best candidate for the position?
Most unexpected to me was they ACTUALLY asked the "how many lightbulbs in John Hancock Center" -- it's so ridiculous and unrelated to trading that I had trouble believing this was a possible question when I read reviews, and I actually managed to be unprepared. Note that the webcam interview also asks you to cut/paste URLs that you used to figure the answers out, so it's just a logic/reasoning process. I figured out lumens per square foot, how many SF in the building, how many lumens per bulb, etc. But I didn't do a thorough job of pasting the website addresses in, and the number I came up with was probably way off. They could probably sense my incredulous attitude, because midway through I wondered if I really want to work for a place that throws this kind of crazy out as a measure of a trader, instead of measuring something more relevant like -- oh, I don't know -- maybe my TRADE LOG and SUCCESS RECORD? Or whether my proprietary self-developed methodology could be turned into a profitable algorithm to contribute to the firm's profits? Maybe it was just a test of patience, and in this case I failed.
math/IQ test questions. Questions are generally high school level. The person administrate the test is very stupid.
past experience and future goals. technical details about previous projects. understanding of the popular products traded. array related Algo question.
How would you deal with a difficult manage?
Tell us about yourself.
Name a time when you had to face logistical issues and how did you navigate through that.
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