I applied online. I interviewed at BTIG (London, England)
Interview
Extremely unprofessional. The interviewer turned up to the call 25 mins late, and proceeded to speak down to me extremely rudely and with disrespect throughout, to the point I have considered formally complaining.
The interviewer spoke at me as if I were stupid, and spoke at me for the majority of the interview rather than asking me questions, saying that people like me don’t know how to work hard compared to him. I have since accepted a quantitative trading offer at a better company, and have a high level of education, so I am fairly confident this is untrue, and see this as highly unprofessional from an interviewer.
From this interview, I got the impression that the firm fosters a culture which does not have respect for women (purely my opinion, from experience), so am glad to have not taken up a position there. I hope other people’s interview experiences there will be better.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Few questions were asked beyond questions about my background.
BTIG moves quickly to schedule interviews; however, if you are not selected for the role, expect little to no communication or feedback, regardless of follow-up. Be prepared for accounting-based technical questions.
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at BTIG (Hong Kong) in Mar 2025
Interview
After application, HR will send email and ask you to prepare a pitch for 3 minutes, either in video, powerpoint or website format, questions are listed below, you can select one of them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- What is your view on Cryptocurrency and how it can integrate with traditional banking?
- What is your view on Cybersecurity trends and the issue happened on CrowdStrike-Microsoft last year?
- Comments on one of the biggest News Stories in 2025 happened so far
- How to properly govern trading algorithms in modern electronic trading?
- Pitch us any stock and investment sector trading idea
- Share your understanding of the recent global economic impact with newly imposed US tariff
- Share your experiences in investment which you achieved a major personal growth
- Share a challenge that you failed to overcome and what you have learnt from it