T3 Trading Group Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (81%)

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Interview Difficulty (76%)

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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.

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% Interns - FT Offers (44%)

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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 T3 Trading Group

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2020
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Equity Capital Markets
Location New York
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Very Easy
Trader
Year 2018
Job Title Trader
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2017
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Equity Capital Markets
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Junior Trader
Year 2018
Job Title Junior Trader
Group/Division Trading
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
Trader
Year 2016
Job Title Trader
Group/Division Prop Trading
Location New York, NY, USA
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Junior Trader
Year 2016
Job Title Junior Trader
Group/Division Equities
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
N/A
Year 2015
Job Title N/A
Group/Division N/A
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Trader
Year 2014
Job Title Trader
Group/Division Prop Trading
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
Trader
Year 2015
Job Title Trader
Group/Division Prop Trading
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Equities
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - T3 Trading Group Examples

Trader Interview - Equity Capital Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: January 2020
Date Submitted: Jan 22, 2020
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
First, I did a self introduction. Next, the interviewer asked several behavior questions like why trading, why do you make a good trader, can you explain what risk is. After that, took a test about general market.
Interview Questions
1. Please give a brief introduction of yourself and explain what motivated you to apply to this role?
2. Describe who you are as a person?
3. Why our company?
4. What do you want to get out from this role?
5. What is your understanding of the role?
6. Give an example of a project you have worked on which involved working with data in some capacity. Give an overview of the project and explain your involvement in it. What other data could you have used or included in the project to make it more successful?
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Equity Trader Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: June 2018
Date Submitted: Oct 04, 2018
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Applied online and they got back approximatey 3 hours later.

Man named Andrew Haber gave me a time to come into their office for a 1-1 interview.

When I arrived, I sat at their front office for about 30 minites because there was no secretary. Finally I was brought back by a man named Hargobind.

We went to a nice office and he brought up market data going on and charts of the software they used.

He didn’t really look at my resume, besides saying that my education would suffice for market analysis.

He then asked me questions about market analysis (whats my thesis and how does it work for you- examples), chart overview and analysis (based on your risk exposure... where would you pyt your stop loss for this stock and why?), and then some specific questiond about current market data.

After showing competence in analysis, they skipped their formal testing. Interview lasted all of 10-15 minutes. He then took me to their floor and let me sit on a computer to demo. After 20 minutes of doing so I left.

Floor manager seems very knowledgeable. He is young and holds a class throughout the trading session to answer questions and to teach you about what is happening in different sectors of the market. He used examples that most of the other young traders could relate to, which makes learning easier.

Culture seems very laid back. No suits or management hanging over your back. If they see you doing something questionable, they'll call you to their office, which occurred during my interview.

I would suggest reviewing market data before going in. Know which sectors are outperforming the market and maybe why they are. Make sure you know who you are as a trader!
Interview Questions
There were really no hard questions at all.

The hardest question that I can remember:

1) What was something you traded and show me why you decided to enter/exit (They would pull the trade up on their chart and bring up the timeframe you gave them)?

2) Which industry is outperforming the market and, specifically, which stock is leading/near the top of that sector in Qx growth?

3) Follow along with my chart analysis of the SPY... let me know if you think any of my analysis or overview is wrong.
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Trading Interview - Equity Capital Markets

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: October 2017
Date Submitted: Jul 02, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Just ask me a simple question about math, market(like what the price of apple stock yesterday) and some behavioral question.
Interview Questions
The price of apple stock yesterday, when is new york stock exchange open, why do you want to be a trader and what makes you think you will be successful in this position, tell me when you need to take a risk, and some basic calculation and probability like coin toss, multiplication, substraction, addition, divison. (which not as hard as other competitive trading firms like jane street and goldman). Mostly all the questions are quite similar between industries but the differences are in the difficulties.
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Trader Interview - Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: May 2018
Date Submitted: May 23, 2018
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I found out about the position on my university's job portal and applied online. I soon received an email from an HR to schedule a phone interview with the supervisor.
Interview Questions
The phone interview went on for almost thirty minutes. I was, however, only asked two to three questions. The interviewer, the trading supervisor, asked me whether I had prior experience in trading, whether I interviewed with other trading firms and what do I know about trading. The recruiter, to my surprise, did not ask any question about my experience or anything about my resume. After providing the answers to questions aforementioned, the recruiter briefed me on how the firm provides trading opportunities and educates its traders.
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Proprietary Trader Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous employee in New York, NY, USA
Interviewed: July 2016
Date Submitted: May 23, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
The interview was a good experience, they tested your analytical and creative thought with different brain teasers as well as a personality gauge test.
Interview Questions
There was different brain teaser questions that I had difficulty answering , however the only I truly remember was this: You have 3 switches which each go to a light inside a building. You cannot see inside the building and can play with the switches all you want as well as put them in any order you'd like, but you need to be able to decipher which switch goes to which light. How do you go about deciding? You need to consider ideas outside of just math and be creative. There are also variables that aren't defined.
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Equity Trader Interview - Equities

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: 2016
Date Submitted: Apr 11, 2016
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
I submitted an application through career services and followed up via-email. A few days later I received an email asking "why prop trading?" After giving my response I was invited for an on-site interview.
Interview Questions
1. Who is your role model? Why?
2. If the number of pad lilies in a pond double each day, and it takes 28 days for them to fill the entire pond. How many days does it take the pad lilies to fill half the pond?
3. What did the S&P 500 close at yesterday?
4. What is the spot price of gold?
5. Tell me about yourself?
6. Why prop trading?
7. Tell me about your interests?
8 What are three subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway?
9. Tell me about something that is not on your resume and is not related to finance
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Proprietary Trader Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Feb 11, 2016
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
introduce yourself and background question, basically on why finance why trader why this company.
30min math test like what you did in GMAT and some brain teasers
back to talk again
Interview Questions
which celebrity do you want to have dinner with..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Trader Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: April 2014
Date Submitted: Oct 05, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
First applied online from school's career website. Got an email requiring me to write a short paragraph on why trading. then a phone interview for behavioral questions. Final round is on-site at NYC office. Interviewer has been trading for a few years, and showed me around the office, then asked me behavioral questions on the trading desk before moving into a math test/brainteaser followed by technical questions. Nothing hard but need to know the market data SPY VIX DOW etc.
Interview Questions
estimate how many 1*1*1 cubes can fit into a building, what were the SPY ViX and other market indexes were trading at yesterday, probability questions (basic ones)
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trader Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: April 2015
Date Submitted: May 05, 2015
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
It began with a casual conversation (Talk about yourself, such as, go through the resume, explain the reason of applying a position of trader). The paper test will last for 15 minutes. After the paper test, the manager(1:1 base) may ask you some of behavior questions to check the personality.
Interview Questions
How do you define risk?
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Equities

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2014
Date Submitted: Feb 23, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Other
Interview
Interview questions are difficult and abstract. Some brainteasers, but mainly check your awareness of the markets ability to think on your feet. There are tests as well. to prepare I would make sure you have a solid understanding of Supply and Demand economics and how financial markets move. Also, it is important to know the properties of equities, beta, alpha, etc. and to be able to talk about each property of a specific stock and why it matters. Do not try to bs any of the questions, especially technical ones. You will quickly get dinged for that. The tests are difficult, but stress will ake the questions harder so be sure you are ready.
Interview Questions
What are your 3 biggest weaknesses?

Prioritizing, Taking on too many tasks, and devoting enough time to each task.

First, I have trouble prioritizing. Sometimes, I spend more time than necessary on a task, or take on tasks personally that could easily be delegated to someone else. Although I've never missed a deadline, it is still an effort for me to know when to move on to the next task, and to be confident when assigning others work. I recently implemented a much better time management system, in which I keep all of my tasks on a spreadsheet. I color code the entries based on urgency and delegate a certain amount of time to each task. This allows me to prioritize my tasks better, as well as complete the many tasks I take on, while spending the right of time on each one.
Sample Answer