IMC Trading

IMC publishes a five-stage recruitment process: application review, an online assessment (role-dependent), a first-round interview, a final-round assessment with multiple stations across different stakeholders, and an offer decision. For trading and quant streams the assessment combines cognitive and numerical tests, and the final round pairs technical stations with market-making exercises. End-to-end the loop runs across several weeks, with the firm stating it aims to return offer feedback within a couple of days of the final round. Because the final round is an in-office assessment day, candidates should expect to clear a single concentrated window of travel or remote work rather than the staggered phone screens common at investment banks.

IMC offers a tiered set of student and graduate programmes feeding into its Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney and Mumbai offices:

• Launchpad: a two-day discovery programme for second-year students in software engineering and quantitative trading.
• Women in Trading & Technology: a one-day EU event for high-achieving women students.
• UK Masterclass: a UK-only programme covering trading and technology.
• Accelerate: a new programme launching in 2026 for university students.
• Trading and Technology Internships: 10-week summer programmes (EU late June to August; US mid-June to mid-August; APAC across the Australian summer; India nine weeks from July).
• Graduate Traineeship: three to six weeks of training split across four named schools (Trading School, Development School, FPGA School, Analyst School) before placement on a local desk.

The stack means second-years can route through Launchpad into an internship into the Graduate Traineeship, so missing a target year at the entry rung narrows, but does not close, the path to a full-time seat.

IMC's published Graduate Trader job postings state the firm cannot sponsor candidates holding only Russian, Belarusian or Iranian citizenship, citing US consulate restrictions that conflict with the timeline of its global traineeship. Dual passport holders and European citizens relocating to Europe are directed to contact CampusEU@imc.com for an exception review. Outside those specific exclusions the firm sponsors work permits for trader, quant researcher, graduate trader and software developer roles. The gate is narrow but real: candidates from the named countries should treat European offices as the realistic path, and should clarify exception eligibility before sinking the time into the assessment loop.

IMC describes itself as a global market maker founded in 1989 by two floor traders at the Amsterdam European Options Exchange, with more than 2,070 employees across 10 offices and presence on over 120 trading venues. The firm remains privately held and employee-led, which it cites alongside Optiver and Flow Traders as the structural identity of the Amsterdam market-making cluster. The Graduate Traineeship is unusual in routing every full-time hire through four named schools (Trading, Development, FPGA, Analyst) regardless of starting desk, giving engineers, traders and quants a shared technical baseline before specialisation. For an applicant choosing between proprietary trading firms, IMC's distinctive offer is options market-making depth in a private partnership structure rather than the listed-firm or hedge-fund alternatives, and a cross-disciplinary first six weeks rather than immediate desk placement.

Yes. IMC Trading currently has 4 open internship and graduate roles on Jorb AI: summer internships, insight programs, graduate schemes, and early-career positions across Hong Kong and the United States. Postings update continuously as new roles are added and filled.

IMC Trading has open internship and graduate roles in Hong Kong and the United States. Specific offices and program structure (summer vs year-round, internship vs graduate scheme) vary by region; check individual postings for details.

Applications to IMC Trading go through the official careers site. Each role on this page links directly to the specific application. IMC Trading does not use third-party submission services.