How long is the IMC Assessment practice sitting?

Outcry’s mock has 75 items across 2 sections, with 65 minutes of section time. Those figures describe this mock; see the source check for any published format elements.

Will IMC Assessment use the same questions every time?

Outcry generates questions from its own banks. Counts and rules remain fixed; the selected problem types or numeric parameters change. Some archetypes may recur across attempts.

IMC Trading · Initial assessment · role dependent

IMC Assessment - Timed Practice

IMC-focused skills practice combining rapid comparison and rule switching with probability and expected value. This Outcry paper does not simulate BrainsFirst’s interactive cognitive assessment or its scoring.

Format

2 sections · 75 items · about 65 minutes
Format and scoring below apply to this Outcry mock. See the source check for verified firm details and practice adaptations.
Marking on Reflex battery, Quant trader screen: +1 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question.
No going back in this mock. Answer or skip, and the next item loads.
Questions are generated from Outcry's own banks; a retake changes the selection or parameters.

Sections

Reflex battery - 60 items, 45 minutes, no negative marking. 60 items in 45 minutes, about 45 seconds each. Rapid comparisons, pattern matching, working-memory holds and switching between two rules. Sustained accuracy at pace is the whole test.
Quant trader screen - 15 items, 20 minutes, no negative marking. 15 items in 20 minutes. Probability, expected value, and the market intuition questions that separate a trading screen from a maths one.

What this practice sitting covers

2 sections, 75 items and 65 minutes of section time. Each section uses its own clock. Questions are generated from Outcry’s own banks; repeat attempts can share problem types with different selections or parameters.

How this mock is marked

Marking on Reflex battery, Quant trader screen: +1 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question.

This mock has no back navigation: each submitted or skipped question is final.

Scores measure performance on these exercises. They are not a firm’s pass threshold or a prediction of an interview or offer.

Public sources and practice adaptations

IMC’s US process lists assessment after application for some roles, followed by interviews.

Outcry’s static reflex questions are not BrainsFirst NeurOlympics and cannot reproduce its cognitive measurement. The extra quant section, clocks, counts and scores are practice settings.

Section by section, with a worked example

Every example below is generated by Outcry, drawn from the same generator that section runs during the timed sitting. None of it is IMC Trading's own material.

A. Reflex battery

60 items in 45 minutes, about 45 seconds each. Rapid comparisons, pattern matching, working-memory holds and switching between two rules. Sustained accuracy at pace is the whole test.

In this Outcry section: 60 items in 45 minutes, averaging 45 seconds per item. Wrong answers receive no marks and carry no deduction. Unanswered items score zero. Correct-answer weights are shown on the questions. These are the mock’s rules.

Example 1

B6   B6   A3   A19   B15   B7

A means add 7 to the number. B means multiply it by 2. What do the six results add to?

Answer 104

B6→12, B6→12, A3→10, A19→26, B15→30, B7→14, which adds to 104.

Example 2

Add the digits of 53979265.

Answer 46

Running total: 5 → 8 → 17 → 24 → 33 → 35 → 41 → 46.

B. Quant trader screen

15 items in 20 minutes. Probability, expected value, and the market intuition questions that separate a trading screen from a maths one.

In this Outcry section: 15 items in 20 minutes, averaging 80 seconds per item. Wrong answers receive no marks and carry no deduction. Unanswered items score zero. Correct-answer weights are shown on the questions. These are the mock’s rules.

Example 1

A fair die is rolled 6 times. What is the chance of at least one six, as a percentage?

Answer 66.5

No six at all has chance (5/6)^6 = 0.33, so at least one has chance 66.5%. Adding 6 lots of 1/6 gives 100%, which double-counts the rolls where more than one six lands.

Example 2

A fair 8-sided die is rolled until an 8 comes up. How many rolls does that take on average?

Answer 8

Each roll succeeds with chance 1/8, and the mean of a geometric count is 1 ÷ (1/8) = 8.

Common questions

How long is the IMC Assessment practice sitting?: Outcry’s mock has 75 items across 2 sections, with 65 minutes of section time. Those figures describe this mock; see the source check for any published format elements.
How does scoring work in IMC Assessment?: Marking on Reflex battery, Quant trader screen: +1 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question.
Can I go back in IMC Assessment?: This mock has no back navigation: each submitted or skipped question is final.
Will IMC Assessment use the same questions every time?: Outcry generates questions from its own banks. Counts and rules remain fixed; the selected problem types or numeric parameters change. Some archetypes may recur across attempts.
Is IMC Assessment an official assessment?: No. This is Outcry practice with original generated questions. Outcry’s static reflex questions are not BrainsFirst NeurOlympics and cannot reproduce its cognitive measurement. The extra quant section, clocks, counts and scores are practice settings.

IMC US recruitment process

Outcry is not affiliated with IMC Trading and has no access to their assessment content. See the source check for confirmed format elements and Outcry adaptations. Every question is generated by Outcry.