Optiver

Software Developer Internship Interview Experience

February 20, 2026

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Process

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks.

OA
Behavioural
Technical
Super day

OA was 1 system design question in 75 minutes. Followed by a 20 minute quiz where you need to answer 20 computer science fundamentals questions. Then there was Zap N.

Behavioural was relaxed, I was asked the "Why Optiver?" question and some other personal "Tell me a situation when..." questions.

Questions

OA was 1 system design question where I had 75 minutes. Long description, I needed to implement 4 functions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Optiver Software Developer Internship role.

Success Rate

20%

Pass Rate

Optiver's interview process for their Software Developer Internship roles is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive80%

Neutral20%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Optiver's Software Developer Internship interview process.

Optiver Work Experiences

Good for starters

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Amsterdam, Netherlands

September 3, 2018

Pros: Good for starters, you don't need a financial market background to be employed. The company provides necessary training and a good bonus for a good job.

Cons: Technical debt slows down the innovation cycle. You need to be very creative to arrange some time for innovation. This is due to a lack of system architects and quality assurance.

Good for starters

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Amsterdam, Netherlands

September 3, 2018

Pros: Good for starters, you don't need a financial market background to be employed. The company provides necessary training and a good bonus for a good job.

Cons: Technical debt slows down the innovation cycle. You need to be very creative to arrange some time for innovation. This is due to a lack of system architects and quality assurance.

Entrepreneurial, Competitive, Tough Wlb

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Extremely entrepreneurial culture. As close to a frat outside college in corporate.

Cons: Very competitive. Work-life balance can get tough.

Entrepreneurial, Competitive, Tough Wlb

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Extremely entrepreneurial culture. As close to a frat outside college in corporate.

Cons: Very competitive. Work-life balance can get tough.

Awesome place to work

Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Great benefits (daily hot meals and coffee, weekly massage, gym membership, etc.). Interesting work. Coworkers are smart and easy to work with. Management is approachable.

Cons: It was bit stressful at times. The gender ratio in technical positions is not great.

Awesome place to work

Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Great benefits (daily hot meals and coffee, weekly massage, gym membership, etc.). Interesting work. Coworkers are smart and easy to work with. Management is approachable.

Cons: It was bit stressful at times. The gender ratio in technical positions is not great.

Good for starters

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Amsterdam, Netherlands

September 3, 2018

Pros: Good for starters, you don't need a financial market background to be employed. The company provides necessary training and a good bonus for a good job.

Cons: Technical debt slows down the innovation cycle. You need to be very creative to arrange some time for innovation. This is due to a lack of system architects and quality assurance.

4.0
Good for starters
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Amsterdam, Netherlands
September 3, 2018
Pros: Good for starters, you don't need a financial market background to be employed. The company provides necessary training and a good bonus for a good job.
Cons: Technical debt slows down the innovation cycle. You need to be very creative to arrange some time for innovation. This is due to a lack of system architects and quality assurance.

Entrepreneurial, Competitive, Tough Wlb

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Extremely entrepreneurial culture. As close to a frat outside college in corporate.

Cons: Very competitive. Work-life balance can get tough.

4.0
Entrepreneurial, Competitive, Tough Wlb
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
May 12, 2024
Pros: Extremely entrepreneurial culture. As close to a frat outside college in corporate.
Cons: Very competitive. Work-life balance can get tough.

Awesome place to work

Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Great benefits (daily hot meals and coffee, weekly massage, gym membership, etc.). Interesting work. Coworkers are smart and easy to work with. Management is approachable.

Cons: It was bit stressful at times. The gender ratio in technical positions is not great.

5.0
Awesome place to work
Software Developer • Current Employee
July 4, 2016
Pros: Great benefits (daily hot meals and coffee, weekly massage, gym membership, etc.). Interesting work. Coworkers are smart and easy to work with. Management is approachable.
Cons: It was bit stressful at times. The gender ratio in technical positions is not great.

Optiver Interview Questions

Number of Days Between Two Dates

Calculate the number of days between two given dates. The dates are provided in a specific format, and you need to compute the difference in days.

LRU Cache

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

Design Circular Queue

Implement a circular queue data structure with a fixed size. You'll need to handle enqueueing, dequeueing, and checking if the queue is full or empty efficiently.

ArraysTwo PointersSliding Windows

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