Roles › Quantitative Research Intern Summer 2027
Chicago, IL
Quantitative Research Intern Summer 2027 jobs in Chicago, IL
3 open roles from 2 employers. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
What these openings look like
2 employers are hiring here: IMC Trading and Akuna Capital. None of these postings publish a pay range. The most recent went up on Sep 30, 2026.
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Open roles
What they ask quantitative research intern summer 2027 candidates here
Drawn from the 3 open postings on this page. The ones that come up across several employers are near the top.
A fair coin is flipped until heads appears. You win two to the power of the number of flips. What would you pay to play, and why?
What they are checking: Probability intuition and whether they notice when a naive expected value is not the whole answer.
What do you know about options, and what makes a call option worth more or less?
What they are checking: Starting knowledge of options theory, which the internship builds on in class.
What does a market maker do, and how do they make money?
What they are checking: Basic understanding of IMC's core business and the idea of earning a spread while managing risk.
Tell me about a project where you had to analyze messy data. What did you find?
What they are checking: Rigor in data analysis and whether they question the data before trusting results.
You find a pattern in trade data that looks profitable. What would make you doubt it?
What they are checking: Healthy skepticism about overfitting and bias, which separates a good researcher from a lucky one.
How would you sort a list of a million numbers, and how would your answer change if they were mostly sorted already?
What they are checking: Grasp of algorithm complexity, which the posting lists as part of the internship learning.
Your mentor gives you feedback that your analysis missed an obvious issue. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Coachability, since interns grow through a dedicated mentor and feedback.
Tell me about a problem you solved with a team where you disagreed on the approach.
What they are checking: Teamwork and how they resolve disagreements, which IMC says it rewards.
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