I worked for Optiver (largest marketmaker in Europe) between 2007 and 2010. We hired grads for trader positions all the time.<p>Optiver even sponsored the mathematic, physics and cs study association for students in Leiden for the longest time. Trying to win over students before they graduated.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.deleidscheflesch.nl&#x2F;p&#x2F;optiver" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.deleidscheflesch.nl&#x2F;p&#x2F;optiver</a><p>Competitors did this too. Really nothing new here.