What Flow Traders confirms about its numerical test, what candidates report about timing and marking, and how to practice both sections.
Independent timed practice in the reported format (60 in 6 math, 26 in 25 sequences); not Flow Traders material.
By the Game Assessment Prep research teamUpdated November 10, 2026How we research
Flow Traders names one online assessment for Graduate Traders: a numerical test of mental math and sequences. The two sections below are as reported by a prep site, not by Flow Traders.
Similar format
Reported as 60 arithmetic questions in 6 minutes covering whole numbers, decimals and fractions, with minus-one marking. Practice under the same clock and marking.
Source: Trading Interview: Flow Traders online assessment
Explore Mental math sectionSimilar format
Reported as 26 sequences in 25 minutes with minus-one marking. Practice finding next terms in interleaved, multiplicative and second-difference sequences.
Source: Trading Interview: Flow Traders online assessment
Explore Number sequences sectionFlow Traders publishes its Graduate Trader process step by step, and the online part is a single numerical test of mental math and number sequences. That makes the preparation unusually clear: speed and accuracy on arithmetic, and spotting sequence rules under time pressure.
What Flow Traders does not publish is the format. The counts and marking on this page come from a prep site that Flow Traders itself links from its graduate page, Trading Interview. Linking a site is not an endorsement of its figures, so treat them as a guide and follow your invitation.
After the test come two interviews, one with a recruiter and one with a trader who will ask brainteasers, and then a case study with two senior traders.
Three months of training on financial products, pricing strategies and Flow Traders’ proprietary trading systems, with trading simulations and quantitative classes led by senior traders and quantitative researchers.
Source: Flow Traders: Graduates
Two months of training on the core business, strategies and products, including the mathematics used to price financial products, then work on trading solutions and automated strategies.
Source: Flow Traders: Graduates
Flow Traders lists internships in Amsterdam and New York. Graduate Trader recruitment is open all year on a rolling basis, with four intakes a year.
Source: Flow Traders: Graduates
Step 2 of the Graduate Trader process: “Complete a numerical test to evaluate your mental math and sequences skills.” Flow Traders calls the math test “a key part of our Graduate Trader recruitment process.”
Source: Flow Traders: Graduates
The FAQ suggests following financial news, trading simulations or competitions, strategy games and mental math practice. For the math test, the page links to Trading Interview.
Source: Flow Traders: Graduates
Trading Interview describes a math test of 60 questions in 6 minutes (arithmetic, decimals and fractions) and a sequences test of 26 questions in 25 minutes. Its own page also mentions an 8-minute math test, so the length may vary.
The same prep site says both tests award one point for a correct answer and take one away for a wrong one, and that skipping a sequence you cannot solve is better than guessing. Flow Traders does not confirm the marking.
Flow Traders’ published order of steps.
Source: Flow Traders: Graduates
Flow Traders recruits Graduate Traders on a rolling basis rather than in one annual window.
| Cycle | Application dates | Likely assessment window | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate Trader | Open all year (rolling) | The numerical test is step 2, after you apply | Official source Flow Traders states the Graduate Trader position is open all year round with four intakes per year. Source: Flow Traders: Graduates |
Practice both sections under time pressure before you apply, because the test is the first filter after your CV.
Two-digit products, division, decimals and fractions at about six seconds a question. Practice with minus-one marking so you learn when to skip.
Gaps, gaps of gaps, ratios, alternating positions, then known families such as squares, cubes and primes.
Expected value, probability and estimation questions come up in trading interviews; explain your reasoning out loud.
Flow Traders’ FAQ recommends following financial news and trying trading simulations or competitions.
Flow Traders says it evaluates mental math and sequences skills. A prep site reports a 60-question, 6-minute math test and a 26-question, 25-minute sequences test.
Flow Traders does not say. A prep site reports minus one for each wrong answer on both sections, so practice skipping questions you would only guess.
Flow Traders does not say. The test is described as mental math, so practice without one.
Flow Traders recruits Graduate Traders all year on a rolling basis, with four intakes a year, from penultimate and final-year students.
The sources below support this guide. Claim labels distinguish official information, candidate reports, and research inferences.
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Trading Interview · Accessed
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