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The Optiver quant interview
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
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.