Try googling "optiver interviews". you'll get thousands of posts related to interviews at these market makers...

no i don't, but i know that part-time students are supposed to work out a set of problems and hand it in when they apply. if you take a look at those problems, you'll be able to guess how much math you're supposed to know.

<t>Adding on to what hungryquant said, I would read through a few chapters of Hull, familiarizing yourself with basics of vanilla options. He's been teaching basic probability theory and financial derivatives this term, and I would guess that he's going to ask questions on what's on his mind right n...

<t>Thanks, Dominic. This "30-second impression" is what I was exactly looking for. I also sent you a PM with my full contact information. Could you please send me a copy of the Guide?The CQF lecture sounds like a good idea. I bet there are quite a few like myself, even with work experience, not know...

<t>Hi everyone, I'm currently an MFE student in the UK, with 2 years of work experience on the buy side, seeking full time employment in Quantitative Research/Structuring/Strategies. In the past while I was still at work, I tried to change jobs and sent numerous copies of my CV to many HHs to no ava...

<t>Hi, I graduated from college in 2007 with a BA in mathematics and ever since have been working for a buy-side firm investing in MBS/ABS. If it is at all possible to get a job in this environment, I want to move into a derivatives trading/structuring position. Without a MSc in Quant Finance, what ...

<t>Hi all- I'm working on building a LIBOR interest rate model to forecast long-term 10YR LIBOR rates. I'm trying to use a CIR model, but having a hard time estimating the parameters such as the mean reversion speed and sigma, the variance rate. Do you have any suggestions as to how to approach this...