I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Optiver (Amsterdam) in Apr 2025
Interview
4 Tests:
1. Programmieren: Unvollständige Daten füllen, Arbitrage Möglichkeit finden
2. Neuro-Tests: Verschiedene Spiele die, die Gehirnkompetenz testen
3. Logik-Tests: Zahlen-Sequenzen etc. erkennen und nächste Zahl angeben
4. Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie: Kann das Buch "A practical guide to quantitative finance interviews" empfehlen, um sich zu vorbereiten.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Schwierige Aufgaben zu Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie. Kann das Buch "A practical guide to quantitative finance interviews" empfehlen, um sich zu vorbereiten.
The process is hard but exciting. The first online assessment contians bits of coding, quick game skills aswell as logic tests. Overall a good process, but very challenging. D d
OA is extremely difficult.
Two medium questions and one hard question.
Followed by lots of probability and statistics questions.
Then logic questions.
Finally the game, which is the easiest part.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are given two envelopes. One contains twice as much money as the other. You randomly pick one envelope and see $100 inside.
Should you switch?
Online assessment, two HR rounds, one technical round with 3 questions (brain teaser, probability, guesstimates), a take home project and an interview about the project. Overall ok experience, but the online test was a bit intense
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how much revenue will Apple make while I drop a ball from the window until it lands
