Initial submission of resume and a brief phone call with a recruiter.
Recruiters assess your background, motivation, and fit for the role and firm's culture.
Expect questions about experience in areas like real-time systems, trading/financial markets, and motivation to join Optiver.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Focus on coding proficiency, system design (especially low-latency and fault-tolerant systems), concurrency, and potentially live-coding exercises.
A bit anxiety inducing, there were two developers observing and asking questions. Real-time problem solving required, conducted on Hacker Rank virtually, video and mic enabled - quite nervewracking to say the least
I had one round, which was an online HackerRank test. I wasn’t able to pass all the test cases, and as a result, I did not progress to the next stage of the process.
A lot of interviews. Started off with a call, then some online tests. Then a technical interview. Then a live coding interview along with a architecture interview. Last step would have been final day interview but I did not get that far.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many bits do you need to store a number up to X. And how can you represent that.
