IMC Trading Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 919 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Which role are you interviewing for?
30 roles · 919 reportsCandidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at IMC Trading.
IMC Trading
Graduate Trader
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Case Behavioral
The interview process started with an online test which included a reaction/reflex game and a probability estimation game. This was followed by a second stage that assessed company/cultural fit, involved a market making style game to estimate a population (Fermi question), and a probability brain teaser. Unfortunately, I didn't get past the second stage.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- Describe your reaction/reflex skills through a game.
- Estimate probability in a game setting.
- How do you fit with the company culture?
IMC Trading
Software Engineer
Entry Difficult Neutral experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding
The first part of the process was a hackerrank assessment, you could use either Java or C++. There were two questions in total. The first was about getting comfortable writing and understanding code, making sure you know the basic syntax and can use the standard library. Practicing coding is a good way to learn. The other topics covered were Data Structures and Algorithms, Memory and Computer Architecture, and Concurrency Concepts.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Data Structures and Algorithms
IMC Trading
Graduate Trader
Entry Difficult Positive experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Recruiter call Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral Case
The process involved a gamified online aptitude test, followed by a pre-recorded video interview to gauge motivation and basic probability skills. Then, an HR interview featured questions on market-making and problem-solving. The process concluded with an in-office assessment day, which included interviews focused on quantitative skills, trading, and HR.
Confirmed questions8 questions
- Can you solve brainteaser questions on expected values?
- Can you explain Markov chain dynamics?
- Can you solve probability brainteaser questions?
IMC Trading
Trading Analyst
Entry Difficult Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Take home Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral Technical
Started with an online neurolympics game, which you can find a demo of online. After that, there was a video interview. This was followed by two behavioural questions and one technical question, which was quite difficult. Then, I had my first technical interview with someone from HR. This included behavioural questions and a market making game, or rather, a situation I had to describe and explain how I'd respond. Unfortunately, I didn't get past this stage.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What specifically attracts you to IMC?
IMC Trading Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from IMC Trading interview reports.
“Is binary search in a linked list O(log n) time complexity? (True/False)”
Read reports →“Julie and Quentin play a game, Julie starts. They each take turns flipping a coin, the first to get two heads wins. Given the game stopped at the 4th turn, what's the probability Quentin won?”
Read reports →“If you tie random ends of 100 spaghettis together, what's the expected number of loops?”
Read reports →“For 6 people randomly seated around a round table, what's the probability they end up in order of age?”
Read reports →“Given a robot dancing on a 20 cm wide table, taking random steps left or right, what's the average number of steps before it falls off?”
Read report →“Given two numbers drawn from a uniform (0,1) distribution, what is the chance that the smaller number is less than the larger number squared?”
Read report →“If you throw dice, what is the probability that all even numbers appear before any odd numbers?”
Read report →“Given a phone keypad (1-9), if you randomly select a starting number, then move to an adjacent number (not diagonally) and select another, then move again to a random adjacent number and select a third, forming a three-digit number (e.g., 569), what is the probability that this number is divisible by 2?”
Read report →“Given the new arrays area' = [1200, 1200, 1200, 2000] and price' = [12000, 14000, 13000, 30000], interpolate the price between the two remaining house sizes.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 919 IMC Trading interview reports.