Hi there, I got an interview for MS automated market making trader(options) position tomorrow. Any insight of what type of questions will be asked? My previous round interviewer told me that there would be a lot more math involved. but I am not sure how deep of math I will be tested. Also, I have noticed that my interviewers all have titles of equity derivatives trader, are they solely belonged to AMM team or equity derivatives division in general? Thanks!
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Hey used to work at AMM at another BB. different banks structure the desk differently. Not sure if you are interviewing for trading side or quant side. In any case, you should be familiar with stats / time series analyst in particular. Also, depending on the asset class, you should be prepared to answer questions on market color etc.
Thank you for the reply! I had the chance to interview with the same AMM team last year for a quant strat position and their questions were more probability+stats oriented. When it comes to interviewing for AMM trader by my experience with my last interviewer also by reading the job description, I feel that they are looking for someone not so strong in technical skills such as coding, stats, but a person whos quick in mental math of pricing abstract options(cards, dice etc.) and is familiar with the market. I have done research on linkedin and most of ppl who have the job title of equity derivatives trader are of background from ivy undergrad(most are from MIT). My background is actually very unconventional, a veteran from a non target undergrad school but top tier quant program(master) with couple algo trading competition experience, I'm wondering what are my odds of getting the job as this particular job opening from their website has already been closed.
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Would you be able to share any more insights after completing the interviews?
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