Optiver interview questions

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This is every question in the Optiver guide, in one list: 21 coding problems, 2 system designs and 19 behavioral questions, drawn from what candidates report about Optiver interviews.

Each row shows the round it comes from and links to the lesson that works through it. 1 is free to read in full. The other 41 are Premium, and here you still see their round, difficulty and topic, so you know what you're walking into.

Optiver coding interview questions

21 problems, in the order the guide teaches them. Each lesson gives the full problem, a worked solution and the follow-ups interviewers tend to add.

1Premium medium problemMediumStateful Simulation & OOD
2Premium medium problemMediumStateful Simulation & OOD
3Premium medium problemMediumStateful Simulation & OOD
4Premium medium problemMediumStateful Simulation & OOD
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6Premium medium problemMediumStateful Simulation & OOD
7Premium hard problemHardMessage Streams and Logs
8Premium medium problemMediumMessage Streams and Logs
9Premium hard problemHardMessage Streams and Logs
10Premium medium problemMediumQueues and Trade Tracking
11Premium medium problemMediumQueues and Trade Tracking
12Premium easy problemEasyQueues and Trade Tracking
13Premium medium problemMediumGraphs, Trees and Schedules
14Premium hard problemHardGraphs, Trees and Schedules
15Premium hard problemHardGraphs, Trees and Schedules
16Premium medium problemMediumGraphs, Trees and Schedules
17Premium medium problemMediumGraphs, Trees and Schedules
18Premium easy problemEasyDates, Strings and Shapes
19Premium easy problemEasyDates, Strings and Shapes
20Premium easy problemEasyDates, Strings and Shapes
21Premium hard problemHardDates, Strings and Shapes

Optiver system design interview questions

2 designs, each worked end to end in its own lesson, from requirements to the architecture and its trade-offs.

#Question
1Design a Matching EngineFree
2Design a Trading System (Premium)

A lock means the design is named here and its walkthrough is Premium.

Optiver behavioral interview questions

19 questions, grouped by what the interviewer is testing. The lesson explains why each one gets asked and what a strong answer covers.

Take ownership (3)

All 3 are Premium

Aim for excellence (3)

All 3 are Premium

Do our best work together (3)

All 3 are Premium

Challenge the status quo (3)

All 3 are Premium

Do the right thing (3)

All 3 are Premium

Why Optiver, why trading, and no finance background (4)

All 4 are Premium

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How many questions are in the Optiver interview guide?

42: 21 coding problems, 2 system designs and 19 behavioral questions. The guide was last updated in November 2026.

Which rounds do these Optiver interview questions come from?

All 21 coding problems come from the coding rounds. The 2 system designs and 19 behavioral questions come from the system design and behavioral rounds. Every row in the list carries its round, so you can start with the one you have booked.

Which Optiver interview questions are free?

1 of the 42 is free to read in full, marked Free in the list. The other 41 come with Premium, which also opens all 100 company guides.