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    Flow Traders Interview Preperation

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    The document provides guidance for an upcoming job interview at Flow Traders, including information on the interview structure, common question types, brainteasers, and tips for preparing and answering questions successfully. The interview will involve meeting with a Trader and Recruiter, who will ask motivational and technical questions about the applicant's knowledge of financial markets, trading, and fit for the position. Applicants should research the company, markets, and open positions, and prepare specific examples to illustrate their competencies when answering questions directly during the interview.

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    The document provides guidance for an upcoming job interview at Flow Traders, including information on the interview structure, common question types, brainteasers, and tips for preparing and answering questions successfully. The interview will involve meeting with a Trader and Recruiter, who will ask motivational and technical questions about the applicant's knowledge of financial markets, trading, and fit for the position. Applicants should research the company, markets, and open positions, and prepare specific examples to illustrate their competencies when answering questions directly during the interview.

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    The document provides guidance for an upcoming job interview at Flow Traders, including information on the interview structure, common question types, brainteasers, and tips for preparing and answering questions successfully. The interview will involve meeting with a Trader and Recruiter, who will ask motivational and technical questions about the applicant's knowledge of financial markets, trading, and fit for the position. Applicants should research the company, markets, and open positions, and prepare specific examples to illustrate their competencies when answering questions directly during the interview.

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    Flow Traders Interview Preperation

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    The document provides guidance for an upcoming job interview at Flow Traders, including information on the interview structure, common question types, brainteasers, and tips for preparing and answering questions successfully. The interview will involve meeting with a Trader and Recruiter, who will ask motivational and technical questions about the applicant's knowledge of financial markets, trading, and fit for the position. Applicants should research the company, markets, and open positions, and prepare specific examples to illustrate their competencies when answering questions directly during the interview.

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    Congratulations, you have made it to the interview!

    We strongly advise you to prepare yourself for this interview. To help you, we will give you more information
    about what to expect and some tips on how to convince a Trader and a Recruiter of your motivation,
    knowledge and fit!

    The structure of the interview

    During the interview, you will meet a Trader and a Recruiter, after they introduce themselves you will be
    asked to introduce yourself. You can take this time to tell the interviewers something about yourself that
    they would not know based on your resume and cover letter; or give a short summary about your previous
    experiences. Thereafter, you will be asked questions about your motivation, your knowledge of our core
    business, and lastly, you will need to solve a few brainteasers. At the end of the interview, you will be given
    some time to ask questions yourself.

    Type of questions

    Motivational questions

    1. Why are you interested in trading?


    2. Why are you interested in financial markets?
    3. Why would you like to join Flow Traders?
    4. Why would you like to become a Trader?

    Core Business question

    1. What is market making?


    2. What is arbitrage?
    3. What do you know about ETPs?
    4. How do we hedge?

    Social fit questions

    1. What are the most important competences / characteristics necessary for this position?
    2. What shows that you have the characteristics necessary for this position?

    Brainteasers

    The Trader will ask you a few brainteasers. The reason why we ask these type of questions is to see if you
    are able to solve an analytical problem on the spot. These brainteasers might seem difficult at first but there
    is often an easy solution. You will be given pen and paper, we advise you to use this while the trader
    explains the brainteaser to you. If you will take part in a video interview, please make sure you have a pen
    and paper on hand.

    How to prepare for this interview

    We advise you to do research about our company, our core business and about the position.

     www.flowtraders.com
     Flow Traders financial reports.
     Learn about the position on our website or through Spielwork.
     Meet a few of our traders Bram, Alex, Victor.
     Learn more about our financial markets and our core business through Bloomberg, Investopedia.
     If you are keen on reading, check out some of these books:
    o Reminiscences of a stock operator by Edwin Lefevre
    o Market Wizards by Jack Schwager
    o Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis
    o Specific to the products we trade, there is also “The ETF Handbook,” by David J. Abner or
    “ETF for Dummies.”
     Learn more about the company culture of Flow by checking out our social media: LinkedIn,
    Facebook and Instagram.
     Read our reviews on Glassdoor

    How to answer

    Trading is a direct environment, therefore we advise you to be direct in your answers. When asked to
    explain something please use specific examples. When using examples it is best to use recent examples
    of your experiences or competencies.

    We wish you very good luck in preparing your interview at Flow Traders! If you have any further questions,
    please feel free to contact us.

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