Trading role - lots of interviews - good/bad?

I had 2 interviews arranged with a BB on Tuesday - one for strat, another for trading. Told the strat guy I was definitely more interested in trading. 2 interviews turned into 4 interviews, the additional unexpected 2 with traders. The questions were all about fit/personality except a short conversation about Sri Lankan outlook with one of the interviewers.

Was emailed and asked to go back for another round with 2 people (not told who and what positions they are in) for next Tuesday, said ok. Then was asked to drop by tomorrow morning to chat with 1 more person.

Is that a good thing? I feel like that's a ton of interviews at pretty short notice (especially the last one where they informed me 18 hours before the interview).

Really nervous and have 0 clue as to how the process is going so far. Anybody can shed light on it? It's likely for an internship since I've never traded before - should I expect any super technical questions?

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I'd say they are interested in you and since it's a trading desk you'll be working with a bunch of other people so they want to get opinions from the majority of the team, that's all..

 

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