I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Optiver (Sydney) in May 2022
Interview
This company allowed fewer days to complete the online cognitive tests than others, who usually allowed 7 days.
There was no personality test following the test.
The HR notified you no matter whether you passed or not.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The cognitive test includes deductive, inductive and numeric questions
Difficult, need to prepare for the mental maths definitely. You can prepare using several online tools but take some weeks. Didnt make it further than the first round of online assessments though.
Just like a normal behavioural interview. Have been asked questions like Why are you interested in quantitative trading and what is ur greatest achievement so far. HR was nice and ask questions based on your answers.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver in Jan 2023
Interview
1 - Online Assessment 2 - HR 3 - Technical Interview (2* 1 hour) with two different traders 4 - Final Round (1 hour introduction, 1 hour technical Interview, 1 hour hr with head of training )
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Say we fire you after one year, what would have been the reason?