1) Quick HR videocall 2) a 10-minutes Excel test with the HR 3) Basic Technical Interview with the Trading Manager The second step, the Excel test, is an extremely stupid way to evaluate a trader. I am a quant by training and use real programming languages, so I couldn't remember how to use one or two functions to do the small task faster. In the end, it took me 1 minute longer than the 10 minutes allowed, and I think that's why I failed the test.