Great Company, Great Software Development Culture
Great Company, Great Software Development Culture
Great Culture: Strong focus on testing, clean code, and simplicity. There's a lot of close teamwork, and the senior developers set an example with humility and hard work.
Smart People: You get to work with mostly A-players.
Stable and Successful: The company has been profitable for over 25 straight years. Not many trading companies can say that, especially these days.
Work/Life Balance: It is great.
- Lots of young talent in need of "professional development." There's still an unnerving number of face-palm moments.
- Hit-or-miss management: Some managers are fantastic, others leave a bit to be desired.
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Questions were asked about why I was looking for a job. Afterwards, it was explained that there was a home test. It was a timed test that was similar to SAT math, involving different logic and math problems. An outside company evaluated the results,
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The interview consisted of a phone screen. During the screen, HR asked about the resume and why you believe you would be a good fit. The interviewer was nice.
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First, we had a simple phone interview. We just talked about interests and stuff, and why I want to work at Optiver. Next, there were 3 questions on HackerRank. The test was not horribly difficult. Just make sure to be good with whatever language yo
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Chicago, Illinois, United StatesApril 1, 2013Questions were asked about why I was looking for a job. Afterwards, it was explained that there was a home test. It was a timed test that was similar to SAT math, involving different logic and math problems. An outside company evaluated the results,
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Chicago, Illinois, United StatesJanuary 1, 2012The interview consisted of a phone screen. During the screen, HR asked about the resume and why you believe you would be a good fit. The interviewer was nice.
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Chicago, Illinois, United StatesDecember 1, 2015First, we had a simple phone interview. We just talked about interests and stuff, and why I want to work at Optiver. Next, there were 3 questions on HackerRank. The test was not horribly difficult. Just make sure to be good with whatever language yo
