Optiver Hardware Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 6 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Optiver.
Optiver
Hardware Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical
The first step in our interview process is an online coding test. Please note it typically takes candidates 1-3 hours to complete. Once you start the test, you have 24 hours to submit it. Following this email you will receive a link to the test from HackerRank. There are further instructions and details on the link. If you do not receive it within an hour of getting this e-mail, please check your spam folder. If it isn't there, write us back and we will look into it.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Take a 34 question multiple choice quiz and complete one coding challenge.
Optiver
Hardware Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Decline offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding
It wasn't too bad, just a couple tough questions. If you know your HDLs, you'll be alright. They did make it sound like the work/life balance for full-timers was pretty bleak.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you create a Finite State Machine capable of parsing a simple regex?
Optiver
Hardware Engineer Intern
Intern Difficult Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen Onsite Offer
Interview formats
Coding Technical
The interview process was pretty straightforward. It was what you'd expect: a Hackerrank test, then an in-person interview, and finally an offer. That was pretty much it, nothing more or less.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you explain some general Verilog coding concepts using sample code?
Optiver Hardware Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Optiver interview reports.
“What is the minimum number of gates required to implement a given piece of logic?”
Read reports →“Could you create a Finite State Machine capable of parsing a simple regex?”
Read reports →“Can you explain some general Verilog coding concepts using sample code?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the depth of the pipeline for various Verilog programs?”
Read reports →“Can you describe your favorite work environment and explain your reasoning?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 6 Optiver interview reports.