I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at ION Trading (New York, NY) in Aug 2010
Interview
It was a very fair and laid back interview. I was interviewed by the hiring manager and it was very straight forward questions. "What do we do here at ion trading", "your strengths and weaknesses", "why you believe ion trading would be a good fit for you". Be sure to know their "core" business deals in fixed income. The website gives just about every asset class, but fixed income is the major focus although the do deal with some commodities and equities. Keeping with fixed incomes be sure to be prepared to answer questions about bonds. I was a bit taken aback that this was expected to be very knowledgable with otherwise I would have brushed up on it before the interview. Know what a bond is, positives and negatives of using bonds, what purchase price of a bond is. Also, know what accrued interest is and be prepared to give examples. Most of us with business related degrees (myself included) have gone over all of this information, but if you have been out of school for a while be sure to go over this information again. Finally, the "logic" test. I had no idea what kind of test I would be given, but after taking the test it is an IQ test that you can prepare for online by typing in keyword IQ test or employment IQ test. Was not hard however I spent too much time on a few questions and did not finish the test before time was up. Practicing an online IQ test will ensure you do really well and I found one IQ test that actually tells you why certain questions you answer are right or wrong so you do not make the same mistake. I hope this helped and best of luck :)
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What are multiple negative aspects of using bonds?
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at ION Trading in Sept 2017
Interview
As clear from name this profile purely based on your communication skills and very little bit tech knowledge....Process is very simple.
APTI AND TECH PAPER(CAMPUS) includes all type of questions like logical reasoning, general maths questions, verbal reasoning, unix/linux questions/ operating system questions etc.
ION DAY
Team and mentors will be assigned from all selected candidates but you will be judged according to your leadership and team working skills and some candidates are selected from each group
FIRST ROUND(Group Activity) will about ur team work and leadership skills....And real life problems like debugging software.
SECOND ROUND will interview with your team mentors where again your communication skills
THIRD ROUND AND FINAL ROUND will interview with country Head.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw different types of figure using rope and with help of your team members
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at ION Trading (Chicago, IL) in Sept 2016
Interview
Pretty stringent process. 3 rounds of interviews, followed by a lengthy approval process. Included personality / intelligence test. Overall fair and well worth it. Comes off better than previous experiences at other firms, that in hindsight would just hire anyone.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was one of the biggest challenges you've had in your previous roles?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at ION Trading (New York, NY)
Interview
At the time, interviews was several rounds and we had to meet and speak with everyone. We even had to speak with people overseas. Initial round included a standard iq test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Provided pictures and had to find the next in the series.