Sales & Trading Interview Questions

Prepare for fast-paced markets interviews with daily market views, product knowledge, mental math, trade ideas and risk-management questions tailored to sales and trading desks.

This practice bank contains role-specific technical and behavioral questions with structured model answers. Visitors can filter by topic and difficulty, bookmark questions and track readiness; five questions per career are available in the free preview.

What to prepare

Current markets and macro views
Product and desk knowledge
Mental math and probability
Trade ideas and risk/reward
Market making and risk management

Representative sales & trading interview questions

Fit & motivation: Walk me through your story and why S&T.
Fit & motivation: Why sales & trading?
Fit & motivation: What is the difference between sales and trading: the operational difference, and why does that distinction matter in practice?
Fit & motivation: Which product interests you and why?
Fit & motivation: What is the difference between trading and banking: why trading, and why does that distinction matter in practice?
Fit & motivation: What is your strengths for a desk?
Fit & motivation: How do you handle a fast-paced, high-stress environment?
Fit & motivation: Do you have any questions for us?
Markets & news: A recent market news item and your opinion.
Markets & news: Which indices/prices do you follow?
Markets & news: Where is the US 10-year / Bund and why does it matter?
Markets & news: What's your best trade idea?
Markets & news: What is the difference between market price and your personal view, and why does that distinction matter in practice?
Markets & news: What do you think of central bank policy?
Markets & news: How does a geopolitical shock affect markets?
Markets & news: What's driving the equity market right now?
Product: Can you explain the Greeks?
Product: What do duration and convexity mean?

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