How Flow Traders Interviews in 2026: Process, Sample Questions & What They Score

Official step 1: submit a CV and cover letter. Graduate Trader applications are rolling with four intakes per year, so the wait after applying depends on the intake. The 2023 New York ads ask for a resume and a motivation letter that answers why the applicant wants a career in trading.

Listed as step 2 of the five-step outline on three New York Graduate Trader ads posted in February and March 2023. It is not on the global graduates page and no length is stated, so the duration is shown as varies. None of the 2024-2026 New York candidate reports on Wall Street Oasis mention it (they describe an online assessment of mental math and sequences), so whether it is still used is unconfirmed.

Office-specific; seen only on 2023 New York ads

Official step 2. The graduates page calls the test a key part of the process and links to tradinginterview.com for more, but it states no question counts or time limits. A February 2025 Amsterdam Graduate Trader report gives 80 multiple-choice mental math questions in 8 minutes and 26 sequence questions in 26 minutes. A September 2024 Amsterdam internship report mentions a supervised 8-minute math test, and a September 2024 New York internship report mentions an 80% accuracy minimum. On tradinginterview.com the page body gives 60 math questions in 6 minutes (its page description says 8 minutes) and 26 sequences in 25 minutes, with a point lost for each wrong answer. Tradermath lists a 60-question math practice test and 26 sequences in 25 minutes and does not state a penalty. The prep-site figures are not official. The 2023 New York ads name only a mental math test.

Official step 3, assessing business knowledge, motivation and cultural fit. In candidate reports it is usually a phone call. It often includes ETF and market-making basics, quick ETF arithmetic, probability or a brainteaser. One 2024 New York internship candidate called it the hardest round to pass. No source gives a length, so the duration is shown as varies; reported whole-process lengths range from under one month to 1-2 months depending on the candidate and office.

One 2023 Hong Kong (Causeway Bay) report, tagged as a trading internship, describes a group interview with brainteasers and finance questions before a superday with a behavioral round and a technical round. No other source mentions a group interview, so treat it as office-specific and unconfirmed for Graduate Trader. No length is stated.

Office-specific; single candidate report (internship-tagged)

Official step 4, testing business knowledge, problem-solving and brainteasers. Candidates report ETF pricing, currency pairs and market-making games in the technical round (two September 2024 internship reports, Amsterdam and New York). The Amsterdam report describes a phone interview with a current trader; the New York report describes a technical round with traders before an on-site superday; the 2023 Hong Kong report puts the technical round inside a superday. Poker-odds and brainteaser questions are also reported in some New York recruiter-led rounds. The number of rounds reported varies from report to report, and the 2023 New York ads combine the recruiter and trader interviews into one step called motivational interviews with HR and Trading. No length is stated.

Official step 5, testing trading intuition, decision-making and adaptability, led by two senior traders. A forum commenter around 2017, writing as a question and not a first-hand account, says it seems to be 45 minutes of preparation and then about 2 hours of evaluation with a head trader and a senior trader; that thread concerns an older junior trader process and may be out of date. The thread's original poster (a 2016 junior trader applicant) says the case is about hedging one ETF with another and spotting mispricings. A September 2024 Amsterdam internship candidate says the case was held in the office and included making a market, with more preparation time than the technical round.