IMC Trading
Options market making with probability, risk, and aptitude-based assessment
Source confidence: Official + candidate reports · Last reviewed: 4 Jun 2026. Exact process varies by role, office, and year.
IMC is an Amsterdam-headquartered market maker founded in 1989, with 1,900+ employees across 10 global offices (Amsterdam HQ, Chicago, New York, London, Sydney, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Seoul, Zug). They are a major liquidity provider in listed options and active across equities, ETFs, crypto, and futures on many global venues. Per IMC's published steps the process runs application → online assessment → first-round interviews → final round, tailored to the role. Candidate reports describe cognitive/aptitude assessment games rather than a pure mental-math screen, followed by probability, market-making, and options-theory discussions with traders.
Interview Rounds
Interview processes vary by role, office, seniority, and year. We separate official company information from candidate-reported details where possible.
Round 1:Online Assessment
Candidate reports describe cognitive/brain-based games plus a numerical and diagrammatic aptitude test, completed over about a week.
Round 2:Probability / Logic Discussion
Candidate reports often mention probability, logic, and market-making style questions after the online assessment.
Round 3:Phone Interview
Conversational probability, expected value, and motivation. Sometimes a market making mini-game.
Round 4:Final Round
Multiple back-to-back interviews with traders. Options theory, EV games, and pricing scenarios.
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