WH Trading Interview Questions

6 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (68%)

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The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.5
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Interview Difficulty (54%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.3
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% Interns - FT Offers (87%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at WH Trading

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Year 2016
Job Title
Group/Division Prop Trading
Location Chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Trading Assistant
Year 2015
Job Title Trading Assistant
Group/Division Prop Trading
Location Chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
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Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Prop Trading
Location Chicago
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Difficulty
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Year 2012
Job Title Trader
Group/Division Trading
Location Chicago
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Difficulty
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Year 2013
Job Title Intern
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Location Chicago
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Job Title Intern
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Location Chicago
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Interview Questions & Answers - WH Trading Examples

Trader Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: March 2016
Date Submitted: Jan 04, 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Sat with CEO of firm and talked about my strategy. Explained they trading and infrastructure. Sat with their head of HR and was asked about my goals in life.
Interview Questions
How do you manage risk?

I manage risk by understanding my current position/view. From there I look at the current market regime to determine if I have a position that I am comfortable with. Do I have too much risk on? How much conviction do I have on the trade?

Next I follow the news to make sure I have the most up to date information. What are the upcoming events that are going to affect my position. What are the likely scenarios. What is my stop loss level where I am wrong?

Never risk more than 1% capital on any single trade.
Sample Answer

Trading Assistant Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago
Interviewed: October 2015
Date Submitted: Oct 12, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I applied through my campus career website. The interview was an on-campus interview consisting of mostly behavioral questions.
Interview Questions
Asked about personal investing strategies. Also, there were some risk questions asking how you would allocate money based on different EVs.
Sample Answer

Trading Intern Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago
Interviewed: February 2015
Date Submitted: Mar 31, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Interview was not too difficult, some basic fit questions then some pretty easy brain teasers and mental math. However, I never heard back, even to tell me I did not get it. Very disappointed with their management for that.
Interview Questions
If I stacked pennies up as high as the Willis Tower, could they all fit in this room?
Sample Answer

Trader Interview - Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago
Interviewed: December 2012
Date Submitted: Oct 17, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Wined and dined. Stayed in a nice hotel and was picked up in a nice Mercedes. Met with a few people, one of whom was the director. Took me to the trading floor. Talked about skills and interests; a few people had some brainteasers; one gave me a brief programming test. The questions weren't particularly hard and they were better than the typical "how many ping pong balls..." Culture was laid back. Employees were wearing casual clothes; there was ping pong table in the middle of the floor. It was somewhat fratty. The HR guy wasn't particularly helpful before or after the interview.
Interview Questions
I was slightly surprised when one of the interviewers came in with a paper test on programming. One of the brain teasers was initially tricky - "you come to a fork in the road and there's a man standing in front of each path. One path leads to paradise and one to hell. One man always tells the truth. The other always lies. You do not know who tells the truth and who lies nor do you know which path leads to paradise and which to hell. You get to ask one question to one man in order to determine which path is the one to paradise. What do you ask?"
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Trader Intern Interview - Other

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: March 2013
Date Submitted: Oct 06, 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Emailed recruiter and set up an office visit interview. Interview consisted of mostly standard resume type questions (talking about academic coursework, talking about past employment, talking about extracurricular activities), some behavioral type questions (answer using STAR method), and then a few brainteaser/math questions
Interview Questions
One question that tripped me up was when I was asked "Tell me a time you took a risk." I talked about a time when I traveled to another country
Walk me through your resume. Talked about academic coursework, volunteer work, previous employment, and extracurricular activities.
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Trading Summer Analyst Interview -

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago
Interviewed: January 2014
Date Submitted: Mar 13, 2013
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I only had a one on one interview on campus. I got the interview through a resume drop on the campus career website. I pulled out before I completed the process after I accepted another offer.
Interview Questions
They asked about a time that I took a risk. From there we had a brief conversation/followup questions on my anecdote.
There were several brain teasers and math questions. He asked me to square every number in his phone number and sum those numbers up in my head. Nothing too difficult.
Sample Answer