Optiver 80 in 8 numerical test seems impossible. Is it even possible to pass this test without luck?
Is it even possible to master ability to calculate these arithmetic questions in few days? I know few resources but at the moment it seems impossible for me to pass this test. Has anyone passed this test after practicing for a week?
Hey COntangoCharlie, I'm the WSO Monkey Bot and I'm here since nobody responded to your thread! Bummer...could just be time of day or unlucky (or the question/topci is too vague or too specific). Maybe one of these topics will help:
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I hope those threads give you a bit more insight.
It's definitely possible. I'm a far cry from a numeric genius and was able to get like 77 or 78/80 (forgot, it's been a while) when I took the test, and got to the phone round. It took me around a month of prepping daily in order to get my speed up to par for the majority of prop trading firm OA's, while also reading mental math books on the side. That wasn't even the most difficult part of the test, there's a portion near the end that has to do with betting intuition that I felt was more or less subjective.
thanks for the assurance. I think i will practice....btw...do you know about SIG application screening? Does everybody applicant gets invites for assessment? I got invitation for Dublin program but not Chicago.
No problem; one thing I forgot to mention is that you should think about recording your scores every day so that you can eventually see an upward trend line over time, and this will motivate you to continue to practice and push past your limits. Personally, this helped me a ton to be able to see my improvement.
I’m not too sure about your question, but it might be office dependent due to headcount at various locations. I applied to the Bala Cynwyd office location for SIG and received the OA even with a sub-par resume, and all of my friends also got past the resume screen. Chicago office might be more competitive (due to huge prop trading presence there) so they resume screen more.
I use abacus mental math
It's possible for sure, just need to practice in the right manner. Use https://www.tradermath.org/, they completely mimiced the 80in8 structure of Optiver.
I used rfqjobs' optiver test. I just took the real optiver test and passed, but it was more difficult than I expected as the format was different for a fair amount of the questions. It's still good practice though.
the cutoff score is 55 btw, i passed the mental math test. the mental math test should be the least of your worries in the OA... there are sequences, prob questions, memory tests and more
I just dropped you a message
Friend of mine did a yt video how to solve them... got contacted by Flow traders to take it off but also offered him a special day insight and wanted to get him in as an intern. He declined and now is doing his PHd at oxfords and received a sponsorship by Nvidia.
So It's defo possible you just need to be really smart
can u dm this youtube video you are talking about
I've done a couple of practice ones (RFQ jobs mainly along with another website). I found it to be easy - my first try was a 70, mostly due to mental errors (carelessness), but now I'm consistently scoring above 76 on it; most are 78 or 80. If you were born with the talent, it'll be very easy for you.
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