Optiver Software Engineer Internship interview questions
Updated Apr 24, 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 4%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 3%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 1%OtherOther
Interview search
101 interviews
Optiver interviews FAQs
- Software Engineer Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Optiver with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Engineer Internship roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 58 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Optiver overall takes an average of 21 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at Optiver as a Software Engineer Internship according to 58 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
Skills test: 19%
One on one interview: 16%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Group panel interview: 1%
Other: 1%
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