Toro Trading Interview Questions

2 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (18%)

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.

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  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (59%)

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.

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  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Toro Trading

Year Position Location Group/Division Experience Difficulty
2009 Prop Market Maker Chicago Prop Trading Neutral Average
2011 off-cycle intern Chicago Prop Trading Neutral Average

Prop Market Maker Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous employee in Chicago

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: 2009

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview

Interview

Phone interview for basic knowledge regarding role.
2nd round with senior trader consisted of brain teaser
3rd round with partners

Interview Questions

How many quarters will you need if you stack them from ground to top of Willis tower?

off-cycle intern Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: November 2011

Application

Group Interview
Skills Test

Interview

The interview process consisted of brief introductory chat and tricky questions you typically get for a position at trading companies. I wasn't well prepared for some of the skill questions and i guess that is why I was not offered a place.

Interview Questions

What is 27 times 35?

It took me around 10 seconds to give out the answer but the interviewer told me it shouldn't take that long. Instead, he explained a quicker and better way to process a seemingly complicated arithmetic questions.