I applied online. I interviewed at IMC Trading (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2021
Interview
It's the online video interview. There are three questions in total. For the first question, you have 20 seconds to prepare your answer. And the second one you got 30 second and third one you got 1 min.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why trading? Throw the dice. What's the possibility that every even number comes before the odd number?
Roughly 30-minute phone interview with campus recruiter. Standard interview process, why do you want to work at IMC, why trading, walk me through your resume, basic behavioural questions. No technical questions at this stage.
I applied online. I interviewed at IMC Trading (Amsterdam) in Sept 2025
Interview
Premier entretien avec RH -
Questions sur IMC Trading, sur votre parcours. Pourquoi vouloir faire ce poste.
Puis un jeu de Market Making, il faut proposer des bid et ask (faire un marketà et la RH vous dit si elle achète ou vend.
Suite à cela, vous avez un ou deux brainteaser, avec des mathématiques mais généralement assez simples. Le vrai entretien avec traders est après.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you know about IMC ?
What motivates you to be a trader ?
Tell me about you.
CV screening, Neurolympics Online Assessment, SparkHire Video Online Assessment. SparkHire consists of 2 behavioral questions and 1 technical question (probability). Behavioral questions are generic and technical question is basic (online prep or green book level)