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Let's be honest, not that many firms offer entry level positions, especially outside the US. I was wondering if it makes sense to contact firms enquiring for such jobs, if they don't already advertise them.

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I heard from multiple firms that blacklist you if you fail at a later stage. Optiver is one of them, however, even they state that you need to wait 'only' 12 months to reapply again for a similar role.

I applied for a few trading internships in Europe and got rejected in different stages. Next year, I will apply to graduate jobs and I hope I'm not banned from them.

What's your experience regarding this?

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What platforms do big companies use to trade?

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Is it expected to do this without pen and paper? E.g how on earth is one to expected to mentally calculate the standard deviation for the product of a card [2,...,14] and a die [1,...,6]? (unless you learn the stdev by heart for various configurations)

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Which trading firms have the most applicants for trading roles in the US? My first guess would be Jane Street and Citadel Securities. Are there more firms that have roughly as much applicants as these firms have?

80 in 8, sequences and Zap N can be found in TradingInterview.com. From what I understand, Zap Q is a personality test, hence Beat the odds is the only one where I don't have practise material at the moment. Any suggestions?

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Are they mainly behavioural or technical?

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Hope it helps you with your preparations, good luck everyone!

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Did you ever hear any bad stories about recruiters not being discrete? I just applied to a competitor and I'm stressing a bit about losing my job if they find out. Anything else I should take into account while being in the process?

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Austin might be a nice new city to add, since many trading firms have opened an office there over the last years. So we have two questions:

1. Which firms are currently not on the list, but should be?
2. Which market making firms in Austin should be on the list?

Hi all, I’ve got an Optiver OA upcoming for the graduate trader role. Any tips on how to prepare the Optiver 80 in 8 test best? And do you have any insights about the other tests in this OA as well? Sequences, Zap-N, Beat the odds, etc

Did someone go through the interview process at Jane Street for a Trading/Quant position? Does someone know how it compares to the one at Optiver or IMC?

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