OptionMetrics Interview Questions
& Process
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and how the experience turned out.
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First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at OptionMetrics.
OptionMetrics
Systems Administrator
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
I had a phone interview with the director, who seemed sharp, and I felt it went well. Then I went for a second in-person interview in NY. I met two people there. The first interview went fine, but the second interviewer was really digging and asked some odd questions, like how I installed LAMP – did I watch a video or follow instructions? It felt like they were probing into my past, jumping from things I did 18 years ago to my last job, which didn't feel like a good way to interview. The conversation was awkward, like a bad first date. I didn't get the job, and the feedback was that I didn't know their scheduler.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Do you know about the scheduler used here?
OptionMetrics
IT Operations Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Other
Started with a recruiter call, just to check my background and experience. Then a call with the VP of IT, which was a pretty technical chat about my work history and the role's tech side. Next up was the onsite interviews. First, I met with the Head of Development and another Operations Engineer for a technical discussion, then with the COO and VP of IT for a behavioral/cultural fit chat. Each of those meetings was about 30 minutes, so an hour total for the first onsite. The last onsite was with the CEO. We talked about the future direction of the IT/Operations team, the projects he wanted done, and general behavioral stuff. He's really technical, so the tech talk with him was as deep as with the Head of Dev. The whole thing took a bit longer because of my schedule, but OptionMetrics was cool about it.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you describe how you put in place the CI/CD system at your previous job?
OptionMetrics
Python Developer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
I had a call with a recruiter, then another with HR. After that, there was a Hackerrank test. The next step was a Zoom meeting where they asked behavioral questions and a LeetCode problem. I didn't make it to the supposed final call with the CEO. The whole thing took a while and I had to wait a long time for a response after they decided not to move forward with my application. I wish they'd been more upfront instead of leaving me hanging.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- Take a Hackerrank test with questions from LeetCode, including easy ones like FizzBuzz.
- Answer some SQL queries.
- Complete some multiple-choice questions on Java.
OptionMetrics
Data Specialist
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
The interview process was super smooth and easy to follow. It started with a 30-minute phone screen with the manager I'd be working with. Then, I went into the office for three more interviews, totaling about 2.5 hours. Interviewers from different teams came in groups of two. They asked me a mix of situational, behavioral, and technical questions, and we also talked about my past work.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Can you explain the various types of SQL joins?
- How would you approach solving this SQL left join problem, and what's your thought process?
- What are SQL aggregate functions, and can you give an illustration?
OptionMetrics Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from OptionMetrics interview reports.
“Could you list the four primitive data types in Python?”
Read reports →“Can you write a function that takes an array of integers, which are already in ascending order, squares them, and returns an array that keeps that order?”
Read reports →“What are SQL aggregate functions, and can you give an illustration?”
Read reports →“Explain how to implement an SQL wildcard and how to join two tables when one has NULL IDs.”
Read reports →“Could you explain how you would go about pricing an American option?”
Read report →“Can you explain the various types of SQL joins?”
Read report →“Can you describe OptionMetrics?”
Read report →“And can you improve the runtime of that solution?”
Read report →“Do you know about the scheduler used here?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 12 OptionMetrics interview reports.