ARB Trading Group Derivatives Trader Interview Questions and Answers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - There might have been very bad reviews about the company but believe me in this field everything depends on your willingness to perform and it's rewarded according to your performance.

The placement process consisted of four rounds:-

1st Round- Online Test where 60 questions on speed maths were asked in Section 1 in 23 minutes and in Section 2 there were 30 questions that we have to complete in 17 minutes which consisted of aptitude questions, supply and demand questions, risk ability questions.
250 students applied for this job role from our college and after this round 52 students were shortlisted.

2nd Round:- Psychometric Test
This is also an important round and this leaded to elimination of 32 students and it considered of risk ability, situation based questions which predicted your high risk taking attitude score at the end of the test.

3rd Round:- Technical Interview 1
Basic Introduction, Knowledge about stock market and market related questions, questions from Resume, technical definitions from share market and everything. Fast speed calculations like 81*81, 34*56,567*325. They try to know about the motive behind your career, whether you have the right attitude to join company and work for it, they asked me about family background and also about my trading profile as I invest in share market. They have a set of questions similar to that of Psychometric test and they ask the reason behind the answer. Some of the guesstimates questions were also asked. They asked me about my extra curricular activities, achievements and were impressed as I had a background of analytics and they helped me to understand how it would be mutual benefit for both side.
Out of 20 students 5 students were selected for final round and I was one of them.

4th Round- Technical Interview 2

A skype call was arranged from Mumbai Head Office and it started with basic walk over through resume, some project discussion, my knowledge about share market, trading was evaluated, fast maths calculations, why I am better than other candidates and what I expect from the company in initial phase. How do I spend my full day and biggest failure in my life. Terms like IPOs, IntraDay Trading, Derivatives were asked.
Finally 3 were given six months internship opportunity + full time employment opportunity. I was selected among them.