I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver (Sydney) in Sept 2015
Interview
1. Submit online application including answers to three questions on your interest in coding, favourite languages.
2. Brief phone interview with recruitment team
3. Online "Aptitude" Test - had lots of IQ test type questions, looking at your logical abilities.
4. On-campus at office for Programming Quiz - asked for pseudo code and variety of details on data structures and algorithms.
5. In person interview day - with a two hour technical interview, one hour HR interview, tour of facilities, lunch provided, group activity, and a three minute presentation by each candidate on a topic they were passionate about. (This was the final stage.)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a current series of stock price updates for both buy and sell, develop a more efficient way to send and process data to reduce overhead. Also included considerations on whether to use TCP/UDP.
Lungo processo di selezione con lunghi esercizi, mi chiamano per una prima interview di conoscenza. Chiacchiere informali e mi scartano senza feedback. Non mi e piaciuto per nulla, sopratutto il lungo processo
1 round behavioral phone screening, 1 round technical around 45 minutes with an engineer. Make sure to brush up on DSA fundamentals for the technical interview. Phone screening was a standard 20 min interview with HR
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and why you are interested?
the interview was tough and very stressful, interviewer wasnt great and wasn't the nicest but i liked the challenging aspect of it. Lots of probability and statistic questions and questions about shorting etc.
