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Optiver quant interview guide
The famous arithmetic screen, then market-making games.
What candidates report
Publicly the firm is best known for its timed arithmetic test, where speed and a strict penalty for wrong answers reward disciplined skipping. Later rounds, as candidates report them, move to market-making exercises: quote a two-way price, defend it, and keep quoting as the interviewer trades against you.
Style summary from public candidate accounts. QuantPit is not affiliated with Optiver; every practice question here is original.
Focus topics
How to prepare, in order
Practice questions for Optiver
These free questions are a strong public starting set for the style candidates report from Optiver. Use them with the topic pages and timed screens above to build a focused practice loop.
Common questions
›What does the Optiver quant interview focus on?
Publicly the firm is best known for its timed arithmetic test, where speed and a strict penalty for wrong answers reward disciplined skipping. Later rounds, as candidates report them, move to market-making exercises: quote a two-way price, defend it, and keep quoting as the interviewer trades against you.
›How should I practice for Optiver?
Drill the Mental Math, Market Making & Betting, Probability wings of the QuantPit bank, then rehearse under time with the matching screens and games. 252 questions on QuantPit are tagged to this firm's reported style, each with hints, a full solution, and interviewer follow-ups.
›Is QuantPit affiliated with Optiver?
No. QuantPit is independent. Firm tags describe the style of questions candidates publicly report; all questions and solutions are QuantPit originals.