Understand the campus interview stages and the quantitative skills reported by trading candidates.
By the Game Assessment Prep research teamUpdated September 14, 2026How we research
The evidence points to analytical exercises for trading. No named commercial game battery is verified. Use the following as skill categories; the reports do not establish a fixed question count or a current timer.
Category practice
Trading candidates describe probability, expected-value problems, and reasoning puzzles. Practice constructing outcomes and checking assumptions before calculating; these categories are broader than any one assessment product.
Source: Glassdoor: Trading Intern reports, January–February 2025
Category practice
The 2025 Chicago report describes mental arithmetic, bet sizing, and estimation during a technical conversation. Practice explaining a rough estimate and how uncertainty would affect a decision. No exact simulator match is established.
Source: Wall Street Oasis: Women Trading Internship report, August 2025
Begin with the business named in your vacancy. PEAK6’s careers page covers a portfolio of companies, while the trading evidence here relates chiefly to Capital Management. A support, engineering, or portfolio-company application should not inherit a trading-intern test lineup.
For trading, connect mathematical accuracy with a clear explanation of decisions. Practice stating assumptions, revising estimates, and explaining risk. These are preparation recommendations, not a disclosed scoring formula.
The Summer 2027 posting describes a Chicago trading experience with project ownership, options education, and mentoring. It specifies junior standing with graduation from December 2027 through June 2028. Review the posting’s eligibility instead of assuming every PEAK6 internship has the same criteria.
The Summer 2027 bootcamp posting describes a week of learning and project work, with consideration for future employment. It is a distinct program rather than a shortened guarantee of a full-time offer.
Source: PEAK6: Trading Bootcamp Micro-Internship Summer 2027
The convertible-bonds trader posting emphasizes volatility exposure, hedging, valuation, credit analysis, and risk limits. Those responsibilities call for preparation around your own trading judgment and relevant market knowledge; an entry-level probability exercise alone would be too narrow.
The campus page confirms an assessment but does not name its supplier or publish the question bank.
Source: PEAK6: Campus Opportunities
January and February 2025 Capital Management intern reports describe probability, expected value, estimation, and behavioral discussion. One also describes a short mental-math component. These are individual accounts, not the published specification for 2027.
Source: Glassdoor: PEAK6 Capital Management interview reports
An August 2025 Chicago trading-intern account describes a recruiter call and an in-person final day. That differs from the Zoom format on the campus page; use your own invitation for location and schedule.
Source: Wall Street Oasis: Women Trading Internship report, August 2025
A PEAK6 campus manager’s presentation hosted by RippleMatch distinguishes a shorter bootcamp final interview from longer full-time and internship finals. It is useful historical context, but the undated deck should not replace current instructions.
Source: RippleMatch and PEAK6: Micro-Internship recruiting presentation
A September 2026 Austin AI-engineer report describes live coding and team interviews. It supports role-specific technical preparation, not a universal coding stage for all PEAK6 applicants.
Source: Glassdoor: AI Engineer interview report, September 2026
The reviewed public sources do not establish a current common assessment vendor, pass mark, or retake policy. The application system and Zoom interviews do not identify the assessment supplier.
This is the campus page’s outline, not a promise for every PEAK6 business.
Source: PEAK6: Campus Opportunities
Use the actual desk’s responsibilities to decide the depth of technical preparation.
Separate recruiting dates from program dates and from the deadline in an assessment email.
| Cycle | Application dates | Likely assessment window | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2027 trading bootcamp | No closing date stated in the reviewed posting | The posting says interviews begin in January 2027 | Official source The listed sessions are May 24–28 and August 16–20, 2027. These are attendance dates, not test-completion windows. Recheck the vacancy before applying. Source: PEAK6: Trading Bootcamp Micro-Internship Summer 2027 |
| Other PEAK6 vacancies | Vacancy-specific; use the advertised closing date | Use the individual invitation | Estimate / inference Do not apply the bootcamp’s calendar to a trading internship, graduate opening, or experienced role. |
Build a preparation plan around the job family and the instructions you actually received. The exercises below are independent practice suggestions.
Create small dice, card, or weighted-outcome examples. List outcomes, assign probabilities, and calculate expected value. Then change an assumption and explain the result. Include variance and downside exposure so a favorable average is not your only decision rule.
Refresh fractions, percentages, multiplication, and approximation. Work in short timed blocks and distinguish arithmetic slips from misunderstood conditions. Do not impose an online report’s timer on the real assessment.
Estimate an everyday quantity from a few observable components. State units, identify the most sensitive assumption, and check the order of magnitude. Revise the estimate when someone challenges an input.
Prepare accounts of a mistaken assumption, constructive disagreement, and a skill learned quickly. Explain your contribution and how the team benefited. The internship’s collaborative setting makes these useful alongside technical preparation.
For trading, review relevant market mechanics. For engineering, rehearse implementation choices, tests, and failure handling. For an exploratory bootcamp, explain what you want to learn without pretending to have professional trading experience.
A current common provider is not established by the reviewed sources. PEAK6 confirms a campus assessment; use the invitation to identify the platform and instructions.
No such official specification is published. Trading candidates also report probability and reasoning, with technical and behavioral discussion later in their process.
The current internship advert presents them as program activities. That is not evidence of a poker hiring test.
Do not assume so. PEAK6’s historical recruiting presentation distinguishes their finals, and the current invitation is the best guide to your program’s schedule.
Match the depth to the vacancy. The internship includes options education, while the experienced convertible-bonds posting already expects relevant derivatives knowledge. Technology and other portfolio roles need their own preparation.
The sources below support this guide. Claim labels distinguish official information, candidate reports, and research inferences.
PEAK6 · Accessed
PEAK6 · Accessed
PEAK6 · Accessed
PEAK6 · Accessed
PEAK6 Capital Management · Accessed
Glassdoor · Accessed
Wall Street Oasis · Accessed
RippleMatch / PEAK6 · Accessed
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Understand the campus interview stages and the quantitative skills reported by trading candidates.
By the Game Assessment Prep research teamUpdated September 14, 2026How we research
The evidence points to analytical exercises for trading. No named commercial game battery is verified. Use the following as skill categories; the reports do not establish a fixed question count or a current timer.
Category practice
Trading candidates describe probability, expected-value problems, and reasoning puzzles. Practice constructing outcomes and checking assumptions before calculating; these categories are broader than any one assessment product.
Source: Glassdoor: Trading Intern reports, January–February 2025
Category practice
The 2025 Chicago report describes mental arithmetic, bet sizing, and estimation during a technical conversation. Practice explaining a rough estimate and how uncertainty would affect a decision. No exact simulator match is established.
Source: Wall Street Oasis: Women Trading Internship report, August 2025
Begin with the business named in your vacancy. PEAK6’s careers page covers a portfolio of companies, while the trading evidence here relates chiefly to Capital Management. A support, engineering, or portfolio-company application should not inherit a trading-intern test lineup.
For trading, connect mathematical accuracy with a clear explanation of decisions. Practice stating assumptions, revising estimates, and explaining risk. These are preparation recommendations, not a disclosed scoring formula.
The Summer 2027 posting describes a Chicago trading experience with project ownership, options education, and mentoring. It specifies junior standing with graduation from December 2027 through June 2028. Review the posting’s eligibility instead of assuming every PEAK6 internship has the same criteria.
The Summer 2027 bootcamp posting describes a week of learning and project work, with consideration for future employment. It is a distinct program rather than a shortened guarantee of a full-time offer.
Source: PEAK6: Trading Bootcamp Micro-Internship Summer 2027
The convertible-bonds trader posting emphasizes volatility exposure, hedging, valuation, credit analysis, and risk limits. Those responsibilities call for preparation around your own trading judgment and relevant market knowledge; an entry-level probability exercise alone would be too narrow.
The campus page confirms an assessment but does not name its supplier or publish the question bank.
Source: PEAK6: Campus Opportunities
January and February 2025 Capital Management intern reports describe probability, expected value, estimation, and behavioral discussion. One also describes a short mental-math component. These are individual accounts, not the published specification for 2027.
Source: Glassdoor: PEAK6 Capital Management interview reports
An August 2025 Chicago trading-intern account describes a recruiter call and an in-person final day. That differs from the Zoom format on the campus page; use your own invitation for location and schedule.
Source: Wall Street Oasis: Women Trading Internship report, August 2025
A PEAK6 campus manager’s presentation hosted by RippleMatch distinguishes a shorter bootcamp final interview from longer full-time and internship finals. It is useful historical context, but the undated deck should not replace current instructions.
Source: RippleMatch and PEAK6: Micro-Internship recruiting presentation
A September 2026 Austin AI-engineer report describes live coding and team interviews. It supports role-specific technical preparation, not a universal coding stage for all PEAK6 applicants.
Source: Glassdoor: AI Engineer interview report, September 2026
The reviewed public sources do not establish a current common assessment vendor, pass mark, or retake policy. The application system and Zoom interviews do not identify the assessment supplier.
This is the campus page’s outline, not a promise for every PEAK6 business.
Source: PEAK6: Campus Opportunities
Use the actual desk’s responsibilities to decide the depth of technical preparation.
Separate recruiting dates from program dates and from the deadline in an assessment email.
| Cycle | Application dates | Likely assessment window | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2027 trading bootcamp | No closing date stated in the reviewed posting | The posting says interviews begin in January 2027 | Official source The listed sessions are May 24–28 and August 16–20, 2027. These are attendance dates, not test-completion windows. Recheck the vacancy before applying. Source: PEAK6: Trading Bootcamp Micro-Internship Summer 2027 |
| Other PEAK6 vacancies | Vacancy-specific; use the advertised closing date | Use the individual invitation | Estimate / inference Do not apply the bootcamp’s calendar to a trading internship, graduate opening, or experienced role. |
Build a preparation plan around the job family and the instructions you actually received. The exercises below are independent practice suggestions.
Create small dice, card, or weighted-outcome examples. List outcomes, assign probabilities, and calculate expected value. Then change an assumption and explain the result. Include variance and downside exposure so a favorable average is not your only decision rule.
Refresh fractions, percentages, multiplication, and approximation. Work in short timed blocks and distinguish arithmetic slips from misunderstood conditions. Do not impose an online report’s timer on the real assessment.
Estimate an everyday quantity from a few observable components. State units, identify the most sensitive assumption, and check the order of magnitude. Revise the estimate when someone challenges an input.
Prepare accounts of a mistaken assumption, constructive disagreement, and a skill learned quickly. Explain your contribution and how the team benefited. The internship’s collaborative setting makes these useful alongside technical preparation.
For trading, review relevant market mechanics. For engineering, rehearse implementation choices, tests, and failure handling. For an exploratory bootcamp, explain what you want to learn without pretending to have professional trading experience.
A current common provider is not established by the reviewed sources. PEAK6 confirms a campus assessment; use the invitation to identify the platform and instructions.
No such official specification is published. Trading candidates also report probability and reasoning, with technical and behavioral discussion later in their process.
The current internship advert presents them as program activities. That is not evidence of a poker hiring test.
Do not assume so. PEAK6’s historical recruiting presentation distinguishes their finals, and the current invitation is the best guide to your program’s schedule.
Match the depth to the vacancy. The internship includes options education, while the experienced convertible-bonds posting already expects relevant derivatives knowledge. Technology and other portfolio roles need their own preparation.
The sources below support this guide. Claim labels distinguish official information, candidate reports, and research inferences.
PEAK6 · Accessed
PEAK6 · Accessed
PEAK6 · Accessed
PEAK6 · Accessed
PEAK6 Capital Management · Accessed
Glassdoor · Accessed
Wall Street Oasis · Accessed
RippleMatch / PEAK6 · Accessed
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