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1) how wide is a hard question and is probably a bit subjective. You should make your spread as wide as possible but no so wide that no one will trade from memory 100/110 is reasonable in that most interviewees were around that. 2) Keeping position neutral is hard since it depends on the...

So since I posted this I have had more experience and I have a bit more of an idea as to how to perform in these games. So firstly Rich Forever you are correct that when they are asking to make a market on some random quantity like amount of cash in wallet then 90% confidence interval type...

Hi guys, I have a few questions about interview questions/games from market making firms. Firstly I want to know what they are looking for when they ask the question like: Make a market on the population of india or radius of earth etc etc... The second question is in regards to market maker...

Does optiver really on hire once a year I thought it was at least twice... In any case I would prefer to apply now and secure a position for next year but I dont think Im up to speed to pass their tests so I'll probably have to wait till next year. Can you let me know how u go in your tests...

At the moment I've only applied to imc and a few ibs. But I would prefer to land a job as a trader. From speaking to optiver and eclipse once you've been selected they get u up and running a lot sooner so I was going to try applying for them when I'm closer to graduating. Are u applying at the...

Hey kayliebath, Yeah I heard the story about imc and yeah I didn't make it through to the next stage... I don't know if it was a combination of average test score and I didnt do so well in the interview. But it sounded like they have finished reviewing applicants. I was thinking about applying...

Hi Amar, I have been going through the exercises in the book 'How to calculate quickly' and basically practicing on tradertest.org I can do the easy test generally without any problems but struggle on the medium test. I still dont think I am up to the speed for optiver so I haven't applied...

Hi, I know there are heaps of threads discussing the optiver trader test. But I had a specific question which I couldnt find the answer to. Im looking to apply to optiver and a few similar firms and have been practicing for the test at tradertest.org. Could someone please tell me roughly what...