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Practice for your Mako Trading interview

Both of Mako's assessments — the Aptitude Test and the harder Codility round — plus real interview questions spanning both levels.

The Mako Trading interview process

Mako screens candidates with two online assessments: a short aptitude test right after the CV review, then the harder Codility test built around probability, brainteasers, and math problems. Next is a 30-minute interview with their HR and graduate recruitment team, followed by a second round of two 30-minute sessions with senior traders focused on mathematical and problem-solving questions.

Practice assessments

Questions asked at Mako Trading 95 questions

1 to 7 Brain Teasers Out of the Box Medium All Bulbs Lit Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Easy American vs. European Options Derivatives Theory Option Theory Easy Free Analog Clock Angle Math Questions General Easy Ants on a Stick Brain Teasers Out of the Box Easy Athletic Cats Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Medium Bag with Shapes Brain Teasers Logical Easy Biking With Wind Math Questions General Easy Birthday Candles Math Questions General Easy Calendar Dice Brain Teasers Out of the Box Medium Capsule Colors Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Card On Top Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Casino's Offer Brain Teasers Symmetry Easy Catching Ants Brain Teasers Pigeonhole Principle Easy Cheesy Choice Brain Teasers Logical Easy Clock Parts Brain Teasers Summation Easy Clocks and Hands Brain Teasers Logical Medium Coded Message Brain Teasers Logical Easy Coin Toss #2 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Coins in Boxes Brain Teasers Pigeonhole Principle Easy Collecting Stickers Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Connected Cogs Brain Teasers Logical Easy Costly Reroll Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Counting Steps Math Questions General Easy Covering a Chessboard Brain Teasers Logical Easy Croissant or Muffin Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Dead Batteries Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Easy Different Digits Probability and Statistics General Easy Farmers' Land Brain Teasers Logical Medium Faster Sixes Probability and Statistics Expected Value Hard Filling a Bathtub Math Questions General Easy First Ace Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy First Flip Wins Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Five Greeks Derivatives Theory Greeks Easy Five In Million Probability and Statistics General Easy Flowers in Bloom Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Football or Cupcake Probability and Statistics General Easy Four Switches Brain Teasers Out of the Box Easy Fox vs. Duck Brain Teasers Logical Medium Free Gambler's Ruin #2 Probability and Statistics General Easy Games Played Math Questions General Easy Games Store Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Easy Going to the Beach #1 Math Questions General Medium Good or Bad Candy Brain Teasers Out of the Box Easy Handshakes Brain Teasers Pigeonhole Principle Medium Historical vs. Implied Volatility Derivatives Theory Implied Volatility Easy House of Cards Brain Teasers Summation Easy How Many Participants Math Questions General Easy How Many Spiders Math Questions General Easy How Many Tennis Matches Math Questions General Easy Interview Permutations Math Questions General Easy Knights and Knaves Brain Teasers Logical Easy Knockout Stage Probability and Statistics General Easy Locker Quota Brain Teasers Pigeonhole Principle Easy Long Fish Math Questions Solving Unknowns Medium Max Three Tails Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Easy More Tails Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Easy Opening Round Draw Probability and Statistics General Easy Other Than Six Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Painted Discs Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Easy Painting Walls Math Questions General Easy Pair of Socks Brain Teasers Pigeonhole Principle Easy Patch of Lily Pads Math Questions General Easy Patient Roller Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Picnic with Colleagues Brain Teasers Logical Easy Poker - Four of a Kind Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Easy Radar Sweep Probability and Statistics General Medium River Length #1 Math Questions General Medium River Length #2 Math Questions General Medium Roll and Spin Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Rolling Six Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Easy Same Flips Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Set of Distinct Integers Math Questions General Easy Sharing a Sign Brain Teasers Pigeonhole Principle Easy Sharing the Woods Brain Teasers Logical Easy Six Before Eleven Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Easy Smaller Cubes Math Questions General Medium Specific Card #1 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Spin in Two Regions Probability and Statistics Expected Value Medium Sum Remaining Odd Dice Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Sum Seventeen Probability and Statistics Combinatorial Analysis Hard Sum Two Dice Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Sum Two Random Numbers Probability and Statistics General Easy Summing 11 to 20 Math Questions General Easy Tennis Tournament Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Tic Tac Toe Math Questions General Easy Tie to Win Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Easy Toy Collection #1 Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Trader's Salary Brain Teasers Out of the Box Easy Triangle on Circle Math Questions General Medium Two Rolls Payoff Probability and Statistics Expected Value Easy Water and Wine Brain Teasers Logical Easy Which Day Brain Teasers Logical Hard Which Pouch Probability and Statistics Conditional Probability Easy Wristband Pairs Brain Teasers Pigeonhole Principle Easy