Trader

Status
Junior Trader at
Group/Division/Type
Sales and Trading
City
Chicago
Interviewed
March 2019
Overall experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Difficult

General Interview Information

Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month

Interview Details

What did the interview consist of?
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
- First test is online, calculations. 80 Question in 8 minutes. Cutoff depends on role. 65 for Trader, 55 for Wholesale trader.
Mainly fractions. Answers are multiple choice and not given in simples form!
-Pass this one and you'll get a short HR interview over the phone, about motivations etc.
-After this meet onsite, see the floor, talk to a manager. Mainly about your resume and expectations.
-Pass this one and there will be a big day planned:
HR interview
Redo the first calculation test, now on paper.
Meeting with 2 potential colleagues, asking brainteasers and calculations on the spot.
Meeting with some senior management that do the typical market making games.
Shadow a trader behind the screen.
Lunch with another trader.

Quite intense. Practice speed math and market making games.
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