Recent content by kyliebath

Did the guys at the careers fair say anything about recruiting for their sydney office (either at the moment or in the future)? I sent in an application only for the sydney based role.. It would be nice if they bothered to send rejection letters so that applicants aren't left hanging. Also, did...

Hey did you apply in January or in March? I applied in March for the position in Australia when I saw them popping up at careers fairs (but they didn't have any ad up for graduate traders at the time). Its been over 5 weeks now and still havent heard anything at all from them... btw did you end...

For the screen trader test the cutoff is around 55/80 but for the wholesale trader test the cutoff is around 10 points lower. (there's negative marking for both) so maybe try applying for wholesale trader position this yr, and if u dont get it try applying for screen trader next yr yeh apps are...

Most market makers such as optiver, tibra, imc, eclipse, liquid, etc have 2- or 3-month long training programs and allow you to trade live after that time... Plus I know that optiver hires penultimate year students, so you can start later if you want... and they only recruit once a yr so its...

hi mark from what i've found on forums virtu has really long hours - over 12 hour days (like IB). but ive heard that the interview process is primarily brainteaser based - super hard ones and from looking at linkedin profiles most people there are super geniuses - like chess champions, maths...

hi mark imc are really hard to get into... this time last yr they hired zero grads, thats right zero, coz they said none of the applicants were good enough. there's generally a failure rate of ~80-90% in trading firms' math tests not becoz people don't have talent but becoz they don't practice...

it says on its website that after you pass the exam you will meet initially with a senior trader and the hr manager, and if you pass that you will meet with the head of trading and managing director. from what ive heard market makers don't usually ask many financial questions of hard science...