Maven Securities Interview Questions

6 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (80%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) 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. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, 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 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.

3.8
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (91%)

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.

3.2
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (68%)

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.

Interviews at Maven Securities

YearPositionLocationGroup/DivisionExperienceDifficulty
2022Graduate TraderAmsterdamProp TradingPositiveAverage
2021Graduate TraderLondonQuantitative ResearchNeutralDifficult
2018Grad TraderLondonProp TradingNeutralEasy
2020Graduate TraderChicagoTradingVery PositiveAverage
2020Software EngineerLondonGeneralistVery PositiveAverage
2017Graduate Program TradingHong KongSales and TradingNeutralDifficult

Graduate Trader Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Amsterdam

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: October 2022

Application

1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test

Interview

1st stage involves 3 online tests:
-mental maths
-pattern/sequences
-Cultural/motivation
2nd round is interview with HR and Graduate Trainer. The topics are typical of trading firms:
-financial markets (where SP500 was)
-some mental maths
-simple market making exercise
-brainteaser
-a round of 11 common knowledge questions
3rd/final round:
Interview with two senior traders.

Interview Questions

What was a piece of news you recently read. Tell me about the current SP500 price. What will be the new price if it increases by 10%, and another 10% again. If we decrease the value by 10% and another 10% will we derive the same price as the original one?

Graduate Trader Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous interview candidate in London

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: September 2021

Application

1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test

Interview

applied online, gave a test on speed maths and probability question this was followed by a video interview based on motivation

Interview Questions

expected trials to get HHTT

Grad Trader Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in London

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: November 2018

Application

1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test

Interview

The process involved online testing and then in-person interviews. Finally there is an assessment centre as the final stage.

Interview Questions

Mental maths questions.

Graduate Trader Interview - Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: October 2020

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test

Interview

First, you have 3 stages of online assessment that include probability theory and mental math, and motivation questions. Then, two one-on-one interviews with traders. And finally on-site interview with 4-5 different interviews.

Interview Questions

In a room there are n people. They write down their name on a sticker. All the stickers are put in a hat. Everyone draws one sticker. If one picks his name, he forms a new group. A new group is formed every time a loop is closed (e.g. A picks B, B picks C and C picks A, that's one group). Find expected number of groups.

Software Engineer Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in London

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: January 2020

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Background Check

Interview

Online test followed by two screening calls and two on-site interviews. C++ meta programming questions.

Interview Questions

C++ meta programming questions, and how to implement standard containers

Graduate Program Trading Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Hong Kong

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: November 2017

Application

Skills Test

Interview

written test with about 30 other people. Numerical test (10 min), then for those who passed, logical tes, interviews were to follow in the afternoon

Interview Questions

It was more of a speed test where you got 60 questions in 10 minutes. Need to do as many as possible correctly. I answered only about 15 correctly and didn't pass to the next round. Most of the other students seems like they had prepared thoroughly and were mostly undergrads from local schools in Hong Kong (HKUST, HKU, CUHK, CityU, PolyU). Most of the questions were basic arithmetic (59+63-27=..., 27^3=..., 103*97=....., 37*53=......) It was really just a matter of speed and level of familiarity with the arithmetic tricks to go as efficiently as possible