Online Assessment

Breaking Down the Four-Part OA

OptiverSoftware Engineer · Online Assessment · Aug 2025

The Optiver OA is honestly pretty hard. This part is 2 medium-difficulty coding problems plus 1 approximate-solution problem, all in 90 minutes. The problem types lean toward DP (dynamic programming) and heap (priority queue) style problems — testing mathematical modeling, data structure simulation, strategy backtesting, and statistical analysis skills. Approach: before starting a problem, quickl…

Shared by a candidate · reported Aug 2025. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.