First Derivatives interview questions
Updated 19 Nov 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 10%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 4%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 3%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%In personIn person
- 1%OtherOther
- 1%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
Interview search
403 interviews
First Derivatives interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at First Derivatives as 58.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.59 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Trading Technology Programmer and Graduate Programmer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Global Business Development and Graduate Role roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at First Derivatives takes an average of 23 days when considering 68 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Java Developer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Graduate Analyst roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 210 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at First Derivatives according to 68 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 21%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Other: 5%
Background check: 3%
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