Optiver — Spring Insight Days

Spring Week · Quant

Status

Open

Location

London

Level

Internship

Deadline

30 November 2026

Status checked against the firm's careers feed — last synced 9 October 2026.

Key details

Application deadline: 30 November 2026 — Applications are commonly reviewed as they arrive and windows close early when a cohort fills, so the deadline is the last useful date rather than the intended one.
Cover letter: Not required
Visa sponsorship: Listed as available for this programme. Eligibility is normally set per vacancy and per location, so confirm the wording on the listing.
Process: Online→Mental Math→Insight Days

How to prepare for this one

Insight programmes screen on motivation and awareness more than technical depth, but the online tests and the recorded interview still filter hard.

Lev holds up a neat card at the start of a corridor leading to a door marked why us. Before the door stand a sieve machine marked tests and a lens box marked recorded, and an arrow marked after these points on to the door. — Motivation is what the door asks about. Two machines ask first.

Practise it, don't just read it

Free, no sign-up, and short enough to finish before you submit.

Numerical Reasoning Gym12 minThe online test, rebuilt: data tables, percentage changes, ratios and conversions under a 75-second clock, with the tempting wrong answers included on purpose.HireVue Studio15 minThe recorded video round under real conditions: prep clock, auto-start recording, no second take. Your camera, your browser, nothing uploads.

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