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- Optiver Interview I’ve searched far and wide for deeper insight into Optivers SWE interviews and I cannot find any specifics. I know HackerRank test, white board sessions, ect but nothing on the type of questions. I’m thinking of interviewing their soon and I’d like to prep for what to expect. It’s doesn’t seem wide
- Optiver interview Have an upcoming software engineer interview at Optiver. Would be great if you can share your experience and/or help out with a few things over dm! #optiver
- optiver interview Has anyone here interviewed with Optiver before? Searched reddit, here, and glass door..couldn't find anything too helpful. it's a trading firm so I'd imagine their focus is on sorting, searching, and parsing large datasets efficiently. but if anyone's interviewed with them before and has examples
- Optiver interview Anyone interview there recently? Not much on glass door but seems like hackerrank, then on-site where you review hackerrank, system design, and behavioral interview. But what I see conflicting information on is white boarding. Some people had white boarding and some people just had system design. I
- Optiver Interview Process I'm thinking about applying to Optiver for a SWE position. What's the interview like? Do I need to go out of my way to study up on statistics/probability or will i be fine with regular leetcoding? TC:180k Yoe:2 #swe
- Optiver Singapore interview Hello, I'm gonna interview for SDE roles at Optiver Singapore soon. Has anyone interviewed recently with them? Any insights on the process? What kind of questions should I expect as an engineer with 1 year of experience?
- Optiver interview process I finished the online test about 3 days ago, but haven't heard from them. how long does optiver hiring process normally take?
- Optiver interview on-site Got a full day optiver interview coming up in a few weeks. Was wondering what to expect? I.e heavy leet code or more practical type problems #optiver
- Optiver intro/fundamentals interview Hey guys I have the second day for optivers onsite Interview coming up. The last technical interview is called "intro/fundamentals" interview. It is supposed to be about math and computer science fundamentals. I never had an interview like that. I would be really grateful if someone could share his
- Interview of Quantitative Researcher, Optiver Can anyone please guide me towards the interview prep resources for the role of a Quantitative Researcher, Optiver, Amsterdam. I am unable to find anything on the internet. Anyone who is in Optiver or has experience with Quant interviews or anyone who just knows, please pinpoint any resources. Any
- Optiver(Amsterdam) New Grad Systems Design Interview I have a Systems Design Interview with Optiver Amsterdam coming up. I'm conflicted because one person says Grokking The Systems Design Interview is overkill while the other says it's insufficient. Anyone interview there recently and can corroborate either accounts for NEW GRAD? YOE: 1.5 TC: 🥜 #ne
- Optiver SRE Behavioral Phone Interview (New Grad 2021) I completed the HackerRank and have been invited for a behavioral phone interview. How should I prepare for it. I suck at behavioral interviews. What about the virtual interview with team after behavioral round. Any relevant input is appreciated. Thanks
- vote Cried in my Citadel Interview I had an interview a couple of weeks ago for a new grad swe position at Citadel. They kept bashing me with a whole bunch of conceptual and theoretical CS questions. It felt like they were attacking me and I couldn't control my emotions so i let it out. Do I have a chance of getting an offer consider
- Help Needed from an Optiver Employee Hi. I'm currently interviewing at Optiver for a fresh grad software developer role. I had a few questions regarding the role, unrelated to the interview process, which have been bothering me for a while. Glassdoor hasn't been helpful and the few posts on Blind related to Optiver answer very less. Ca
- How’s Optiver? Hi, I was wondering if some people who work or worked at Optiver especially the Chicago office would share the thoughts on the WLB, compensation, how the bonus structure, and career growth? Currently interviewing with them for a new grad role. Thank you! #optiver #tech #finance TC: 64k (intern)
- Salary Expectation for Shopee, Singapore A recruiter reached out for role at Shopee, Singapore and asked for salary expectation. What would be a good salary in Singapore? At this point, I am looking for overseas opportunity which pay well. (Interviewing with Optiver, AMS/ Amzn Spain/ Bloomberg LDN/ Uber AMS) Current TC ~66LPA (in Oracle)
- vote How hard is it to get a new grad position at a Chicago trading firm? I'm hoping to land a SWE position at a Chicago trading firm (ie. Jump, DRW, Optiver, IMC) once I graduate because I have family here. The problem is, I have no HFT / trading firm internship experience. I'm currently a junior with an upcoming summer internship at AWS and am in the final interview st
- Optiver Please refer me to Optiver. Good in LC. Have 2200 rating. Tc: 100k Yoe: 3 #interview #finance #swe
- Optiver vs Citadel Securities Have offers from both for full-time trader roles but am unsure of what to do. Optiver TC ~320k in Chicago, CitSec TC ~500k while in NY. I enjoyed Optiver's culture but the first-year compensation at Citadel is hard to pass up. Not super sure what growth looks like at CitSec but the transparency at O
- Optiver Quant Trader Final Round Hello, I have a final for the grad trader position at Optiver soon for the Chicago office. Would appreciate if someone could guide me on proper preparation? Seems like there is 0 info out there about this final. Pls dm if not comfortable to share. I’ve heard it’s mostly just strategy/betting in
- Maven Securities SWE Anyone interviewed with Maven for SWE role? Have an onsite upcoming, share for experiences please! TC: 0 YOE: 0 #mavensecurities #maven #citadel #optiver #janestreet #hrt #imc #swe
- HFT hiring slow new grad? What’s happening with HFT new grad hiring? Got internship interviews last yr for: de shaw, js, hrt, 2s, optiver, but applied to new grad and radio silence from all and rejection from js.
- Why does DE Shaw never interview me? I've applied to them a bunch of times for random roles but they never interview me. I've gotten interviews at all the other top quant firms before in quant trading or software engineering roles: HRT, JS, Jump, Citadel, Two Sigma, DRW, IMC, Optiver etc. Anyone at DE shaw can explain what kind of per
- Referrals Can anyone please provide me a referral to Optiver, IMC, Salesforce, Coinbase, Pinterest, or Doordash? I have upcoming interviews with Akuna Capital, Citadel, and Snap and work at one of the more influential teams at AWS. Thanks tc: 185k
- How hard is it to get into trading firms a year out of college? Title. Compared to new grad is it easier to past resume screens or is it significantly harder? Particularly looking at HRT, Citadel, Optiver, Jane Street, 2s, etc. Failed some phones and final round interviews this year but hoping to reapply after cooldown and when my skills get a little better. And
- AMA: Recently got offers from Google, Snap, FB, Lyft, Two Sig, HRT, JS Recently went through a brutal interview binge over the last few months for senior at the aforementioned companies (+some others, like Amazon, Optiver, Citadel, startups, etc.) This was my first senior interview loop so I wanted to give back and kinda be the post I wish I could've had here on Blind
- Optiver London pay Got a recruiter who's sent me a spec for Optiver and can apparently get me an interview I know they seem to be some kind of hedge fund and have this concept of marbles for bonus. When I ask the recruiter for salary or comp info he's just been saying they pay very very well but he's a recruiter so if
- Referrals Can anyone please provide me a referral to Optiver, IMC, Salesforce, Coinbase, Pinterest, or Doordash? I have upcoming interviews with Akuna Capital, Citadel, and Snap and work at one of the more influential teams at AWS. Thanks tc: 185k
- Jane Street Referral Looking for a referral for a sde role at Jane Street. Currently interviewing with IMC and Optiver. I have worked at Uber and Amazon in the past and am looking to move to the hft space.
- 2022 New Grad seeking referrals Hey everyone, I am a 2022 new grad (graduating in May 2022). I am graduating from one of the top 2 schools in Canada with a computer engineering degree and an artificial intelligence minor. I have 16 months of experience through internships (mostly with android development). I am currently intervie
- Prop trading vs FB return intern Reached final interview one of {IMC, DRW, Optiver} in Chicago. Is it worth doing an internship there or doing a return internship at FB? I'm worried about the prop trading shops having worse WLB or TC not catching up as a software engineer after a couple years, whereas at FB I could try to quickly
- How much does PEAK6 Capital pay new grad SWE? Title. Have an on-site interview invite and trying to decide if it’s worth it. Already have FT offers for 200k+ so if PEAK6 can’t match these offers there’s no point. If anyone knows comp numbers for similar trading firms like Optiver / IMC that would also be helpful
- FB Rockstar Intern Rating looking for referrals i receieved GE rating from FB for 2020 return offer. making the jump to software engineering at hedge funds/trading. i have strong interviewing skills and will grind hard for any interview i can get. specifially, i am looking at: Citadel Hudson River Trading Jane Street Optiver Tower Research Capit
- vote Need Advice offers @amazon @google. Interviews pending @meta @palantir Hey, I’m at a state where I’m pretty exhausted from interviewing and already have a couple of offers. Want advice on if I should keep interviewing or choose from one of my existing offers. Offers I’m actually considering, all in London and in pounds- 1. Google: L4, numbers pending 2. Hedge Fund
- vote Highest intern pay on levels.fyi: Arrowstreet Capital What do people know about this top paying quant firm? From what I've heard from people that are trying to interview there, it's super secretive and really competitive to work at, especially since they pride themselves on their AUM/headcount ratio ($150b AUM and only 200 employees, compare this to ot
- Looking for swe referrals in Europe based companies Hi, I'm a backend developer with 4.5 years of experience in Java and SQL. I'm currently in the interview loop with Booking and Bloomberg. Looking for referrals to any other backend developer roles based in United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany. Please let me know if you can help me out. Thanks! TC :
- From AMZN to HFT Yo blinders. Currently I am SDE 1 at Amazon. I am interested in HFT companies like HRT/Jump/Optiver etc. I would like to find a software engineering job in these kind of companies located in Asia(Shanghai, HK, Singapore), maybe half year later? I wanna know if I can get an interview chance with my b
- Interview tips & Referrals Hi , can anyone provide tips on how to prepare for software engineering Interview at IMC, Netherlands. Also actively looking for Netherlands based companies referral. Thank you. P.S got rejected at booking , adyen :'( so other companies Yoe:5 Tc (India)-34.6lpa (53 lpa with stocks) #tomtom #opt
- Referrals I am looking for SWE roles that are remote, SoCal or Bay Area. Currently interviewing with Stripe, Snap & G Current: 4 yoe 200+ LC TC: ~250k Edit: Thank you so much to everyone whose helped out thus far. I’m getting a lot of interviews I really appreciate it 🙏 #adobe #affirm #airbnb #apple #b
- How to Best Prep to get into HFT? Hi guys! I recently interviewed for new grad SWE roles, and while I was pretty happy with how things turned out, I had a decent amount of trouble cracking the HFT interviews that I got. Generally speaking, it was because I've mostly been prepping with Leetcode and not as much studying low level sy
- Will these companies offer more than FB? I’m currently in the interview process for a new grad swe position. I have a new grad offer from FB for $110k salary, $160k rsu/4 years $65k sign on. I was offered interviews at: Caspar AI Asana Stripe Airbnb Rubrik Robinhood Optiver Trading Cloudflare Confluent Affinity Snap (Application Security
- vote Highest intern pay on levels.fyi: Arrowstreet Capital What do people know about this top paying quant firm? From what I've heard from people that are trying to interview there, it's super secretive and really competitive to work at, especially since they pride themselves on their AUM/headcount ratio ($150b AUM and only 200 employees, compare this to ot
- Which HFTs don't require extensive C++ knowledge? I'm comfortable with C++, but definitely not an expert. Got my ass kicked last year, when I interviewed at a fairly big name HFT. Does anyone know which all HFTs don't have an interview process centred around advanced Cpp knowledge? If they expect me to use and grow more accustomed to C++ as part of
- Looking for Front End Engineering referrals in Europe/Canada based companies Hi, I'm a Front End Engineer with 7.5 years of experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React. I'm currently in the interview loop with Amazon Dublin. Uber India. Looking for referrals to any other front end engineer roles based in Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden etc. Please let me
- Meta to Trading Transition SWE at Meta looking to transition into and interview for SWE role at HFT/Market Making Trading companies (NYC/Chicago). I have 2 YOE and am an E4. Most of my experience has been in Full Stack ENG working with FB-technologies (Hack, React, Mobile) - so not too much transferable knowledge. Has anyone
- Referral Request Hi All, Looking for referrals for Cybersecurity Profile in good product based companies. YOE: 13 years Please drop a comment so that I can dm you. Thanks!! #Airbnb ##cybersecurity #interview #Anduril #Ansatz #AppDynamics #AppliedIntuition #Arcesium #Atlassian #Bain #Bigbasket #Blackbuck #Bloo
- Optiver Graduate SWE Hackerrank OA Can someone please clarify about Optiver Graduate SWE Hackerrank Assessment. I don’t understand what is allowed, what isn’t. It says the duration is of 48 hours & can look up language documentation etc but obv not copy from anywhere. So I am confused if I’m allowed to switch tabs and google some doc
- Should I apply to hedge funds or wait? I have 6 months of experience. I applied to other FAANGs recently but got rejected from the CV presumably because I am underqualified for the experienced roles. Is there a point to apply to hedge funds like JS, Optiver, Jump Trading, Citadel, etc. or should I wait, say, 3 more months? I am good at
- Looking for Referrals Hi all, I‘m looking for a new job and was wondering if someone can give a referral or recommendations. Locations I‘m interested in are Amsterdam, Zurich and Germany (Remote or all locations). Looking for TC around 100k. I have experience in backend engineering with Java, Node and Python (working o
- Facebook vs HFT Firms in London Hey Blinders, I am an E5 SWE @ Meta/FB London. Currently exploring switch options to HFT firms (like Hudson River Trading, Jane Street, Jump trading, 2 Sigma, Citadel, Optiver) as a software engineer in London. Though I am in early stages as of now, would like to get opinions to few of the followin