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Practice for your IMC Trading interview

Game-based tests and probability questions across IMC's multiple assessments — prepare with real interview questions and the dedicated course.

The IMC Trading interview process

IMC's first round diverges from what you might encounter at many other trading firms: instead of a conventional math test, they introduce game-based barrier tests across multiple assessments. From there the process moves through a slightly atypical HR round to technical and final interviews where probability questions and brainteasers get equal weight, so expect a broad spectrum of challenges.

Questions asked at IMC Trading 137 questions

100 Light Bulbs Brain Teasers Symmetry Medium 3 Unique Marbles Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Easy 90 Cents Please Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Medium Aces for All Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Easy All Faces Probability and Statistics General Easy Free All-Boys City Probability and Statistics General Easy American vs. European Options Derivatives Theory Option Theory Easy Free Animal Migrations Probability and Statistics Markov Chain Probability Easy ATM at Maturity Derivatives Theory Greeks Easy ATM to ITM Call Derivatives Theory Greeks Medium ATM to OTM Put Derivatives Theory Greeks Medium Bankrupt Probability and Statistics Markov Chain Probability Easy Free Biased Coin #1 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Biased Coin #2 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Biased Coin #3 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Biased Coin #4 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Birthday Problem #2 Probability and Statistics General Easy Both Card Colors Probability and Statistics General Easy Breakeven Scenario #1 Derivatives Theory Option Theory Easy Breakeven Scenario #2 Derivatives Theory Option Theory Easy Breakeven Scenario #3 Derivatives Theory Option Theory Medium Call and Put Options Derivatives Theory Option Theory Easy Call Option Derivatives Theory Black Scholes Model Easy Card On Top Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Cash Settlement Derivatives Theory Derivatives General Easy Charm - Delta Decay Derivatives Theory Greeks Hard Checkmate Probability and Statistics General Easy Clearinghouse Derivatives Theory Derivatives General Medium Clocks and Hands Brain Teasers Logical Medium Coefficient of Variation Probability and Statistics Expected Value Hard Coin Race #1 Probability and Statistics General Easy Coin Race #2 Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Medium Coin Series #1 Probability and Statistics Markov Chain Probability Easy Coin Series #2 Probability and Statistics Markov Chain Probability Medium Coin Series #3 Probability and Statistics Markov Chain Probability Medium Coin Toss #1 Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Medium Contract Size Derivatives Theory Derivatives General Easy Costly Reroll Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Counterparty Risk Derivatives Theory Derivatives General Easy Dart Game Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Medium Delta and Gamma Close to Maturity Derivatives Theory Greeks Easy Delta Change #1 Derivatives Theory Greeks Medium Delta Change #2 Derivatives Theory Greeks Hard Delta for ATM Call and Put Derivatives Theory Greeks Easy Delta ITM Derivatives Theory Greeks Easy Derivatives Limitations Derivatives Theory Derivatives General Easy Derive Delta Derivatives Theory Black Scholes Model Medium Dice Order Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Medium Dice Sum Game Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Dividends #1 Derivatives Theory Option Theory Easy Dividends #2 Derivatives Theory Option Theory Medium Dividends #3 Derivatives Theory Option Theory Medium Dividends #4 Derivatives Theory Option Theory Medium Dividends in the Black-Scholes Model Derivatives Theory Black Scholes Model Easy Drunk Student #1 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Effect of Implied Volatility on Option Pricing Derivatives Theory Implied Volatility Easy Even Heads Probability and Statistics General Easy Even Sum Probability and Statistics General Easy First Ace Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy First to Heads Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Medium Fishermen Brain Teasers Logical Hard Five Greeks Derivatives Theory Greeks Easy Flowers in Bloom Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Forward Skew Derivatives Theory Implied Volatility Medium Fox vs. Duck Brain Teasers Logical Medium Free Futures Roll-Over Derivatives Theory Derivatives General Medium Futures vs. Forward Contract Derivatives Theory Derivatives General Easy Heavier Side Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Medium Higher Implied Volatility Derivatives Theory Implied Volatility Easy Historical vs. Implied Volatility Derivatives Theory Implied Volatility Easy Horse Race Brain Teasers Logical Medium House of Cards Brain Teasers Summation Easy How Many Pairs Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Hard How Many Twos Brain Teasers Simplification Medium Intrinsic Value Derivatives Theory Option Theory Easy Jumping Toad Probability and Statistics Markov Chain Probability Medium Key Assumptions Black Scholes Model Derivatives Theory Black Scholes Model Easy Leverage Derivatives Theory Derivatives General Easy Liquidity Effect Derivatives Theory Implied Volatility Medium Long Straddle Derivatives Theory Pay-Off Diagram Easy Maximum Intersections Math Questions General Medium Moneyness Derivatives Theory Option Theory Easy Most Important Indices Derivatives Theory Derivatives General Easy Multiply 3 Dice Probability and Statistics General Easy Free Naked vs. Covered Option Derivatives Theory Option Theory Easy Old Phone #1 Probability and Statistics General Medium Old Phone #2 Probability and Statistics General Medium Old Scale Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Easy Optimal Spread Probability and Statistics General Hard Option Time Value Derivatives Theory Option Theory Easy OTC-Traded Derivatives Derivatives Theory Derivatives General Medium Other Than Six Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Pin Risk Derivatives Theory Option Theory Medium Poker - Four of a Kind Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Easy Predictive Power of Implied Volatility Derivatives Theory Implied Volatility Easy Put Option Derivatives Theory Black Scholes Model Easy Put-Call Parity Derivatives Theory Option Theory Medium Rabbit Climbing the Stairs Brain Teasers Logical Easy Repeating Dice Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Reverse Skew Derivatives Theory Implied Volatility Medium River Length #1 Math Questions General Medium River Length #2 Math Questions General Medium Rolling Six Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Easy Running Rabbit Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Medium Russian Roulette #1 Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Easy Russian Roulette #2 Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Medium Russian Roulette #3 Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Medium Russian Roulette #4 Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Medium Same Flips Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Set of Distinct Integers Math Questions General Easy Sharing a Glass Math Questions General Easy Short Straddle Derivatives Theory Pay-Off Diagram Easy Six Before Eleven Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Easy Specific Card #1 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Spin in Two Regions Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Sum to 3 Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Medium Sum Until Success Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Tennis Match: Win in 2 or 3 Sets Probability and Statistics General Medium Tennis Tournament Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Throw a 6 #1 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Throw a 6 #2 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Throw a 6 #3 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Hard Throw a 6 #4 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Throw Until Matched Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Tie to Win Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Easy Transfer 3000 Apples Brain Teasers Logical Hard Triangle on Circle Math Questions General Medium Tripling Die Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Two Consecutive Fives Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Two Digit Number Probability and Statistics General Easy Two Rolls Payoff Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Unfair Coin Brain Teasers Symmetry Easy Uniformly Distributed Profit Probability and Statistics General Medium Vega Close to Maturity Derivatives Theory Greeks Easy Vega of a Short Straddle Derivatives Theory Greeks Easy Volatility Surface Derivatives Theory Implied Volatility Hard Wheel of Eights Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Medium