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Chicago Trading Company Online Assessment Prep

Chicago Trading Company screens candidates through Quantitative aptitude assessment before any interview. Below: the exact format, what each section tests, and how to practise it in identical conditions until you walk in confident.

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The format

What Chicago Trading Company's online assessment actually looks like

After the application and before the first-round interview.

Timed sections

Most online assessments split into 3-5 sections, each with its own clock. Speed and accuracy both count.

Adaptive difficulty

Modern formats get harder if you answer correctly, easier if you struggle. Your final score reflects what you can actually do under time pressure.

Pass mark

Chicago Trading Company sets a pass mark per test type. Below it, you don't progress regardless of how strong the rest of your application is.

Completion window. Not published; watch your email after applying.

By division. Trading: a quantitative aptitude assessment. Software engineering: a coding exercise.

The provider

What Chicago Trading Company actually buys

Chicago Trading Company configures its own selection of Quantitative aptitude assessment modules. Below: the exact products in the suite, why they were chosen, and what the provider's reputation is across the candidate pool.

Modules in the suite

  • Aptitude assessment (trading)
  • Coding exercise (software engineering)

Section breakdown

What each part of the Chicago Trading Company assessment tests

Each section has its own format, timer and trap pattern. Worked examples below show exactly what you will see and where candidates drop points.

Quantitative aptitude assessment

What it tests. Speed and accuracy across numerical, verbal, logic and pattern questions

How to handle it. Use CTC's practice materials, then work timed sets and never stall on one question.

How to practise

Drill the skills Chicago Trading Company's test measures

Chicago Trading Company uses Quantitative aptitude assessment, a format we don't imitate. These practice tests drill the same underlying reasoning skills, timed and scored, so the day-one experience still feels familiar.

  • Core-skills practice. Numerical, verbal and logical reasoning at graduate level: the skills under Chicago Trading Company's test, without pretending to be its interface.
  • Provider-true difficulty. Item difficulty mirrors the band the real tests sit at, so your score means something.
  • Coaching, not just a score. "You are spending too long on table-data questions" beats "you scored 68%". Specific advice per weak section.
  • Percentile benchmarking. Your score placed on a modelled US graduate norm curve, so you know if 70% is excellent or worrying for that test.

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Time management

Five moves that protect your score

  1. 01Set your own clock per question. Divide section time by question count. Move on when you hit your per-question budget, even if you are mid-thought.
  2. 02Read the question before the chart. Half the work in numerical is finding the right number in a table. Knowing what you are looking for cuts the time in half.
  3. 03Use "Cannot Say" generously. Verbal reasoning rewards strict reading. If the passage does not say it, the answer is "Cannot Say", not your own inference.
  4. 04Skip the impossible ones. Most tests do not penalise wrong answers more than skips. If you cannot see it in 20 seconds, flag and move on.
  5. 05Practise the exact format, not a generic stand-in. Quantitative aptitude assessment has its own rhythm, and a generic reasoning test is not the same. Intervyo's simulation is calibrated to this format, so you rehearse the real thing under real timing rather than a generic aptitude set.

FAQ

Chicago Trading Company Online Assessment questions, answered

CTC says practice materials may be provided to help you understand the format.

The other rounds

The rest of the Chicago Trading Company process

Online Assessment is one of four rounds. Practise each one free on Intervyo.

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Intervyo is not affiliated with or endorsed by Chicago Trading Company, SHL, Pymetrics, Cubiks, AON or any other assessment provider. Test details are sourced from past applicants and published guidance; verify on the firm's careers site before applying. Sector: Investment Banking.

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