Optiver

This was a behavior-based interview, lasting around 30 minutes. The HR representative was nice. I felt the interview was more about culture fit, and to be yourself; don't pretend to be someone you are not.

I applied online. Got OA and included 2 large coding questions and then some brain games then some coding trivia revolving around coding knowledge and data structures. Sort of difficult and did not make it past this round.

I had the displeasure of a phone screen with an HR person who thought they were qualified to conduct a sound technical assessment of a candidate. The approach used by the HR person was akin to "profiling" the candidate, rather than truly gauging thei