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INTERNSHIPS Kick start your career by working alongside industry experts across time zones.
A fast track to the world of trading and technology
Our summer internship program teaches you everything you need to know about financial markets, so no background knowledge is required. In the classroom, through desk-shadowing, mock-trading, and from projects and mentors, you’ll get to really understand trading and technology at IMC.

Much of the learning occurs as you participate in trading simulations and writing Python scripts to interact with our simulated exchange. You’ll learn how to make good decisions in a fast-paced environment.

​​​​​​​The internship is an extremely realistic job experience. You’ll work on a meaningful project that is important for IMC's overall strategy and have a real impact on the business.
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What you can expect

As an intern at IMC you’ll work on a meaningful project. There are so many things we want to research and explore. You will have the opportunity to work on this project, add your own insights and have an impact. Many interns have seen their work enter production before they’ve even completed their internship. You’ll have a mentor to coach you. But even with their support, believe us, it’s sure to be challenging!

During the first week of the internship, we will teach you everything you need to know so you acquire skills you can directly use during your placement. We will take you through technical training, from option theory to the IMC way of working. But there’s so much more. Our traders and engineers will share their knowledge to get you up to speed and set for success.

Throughout the internship there are opportunities to shadow different desks. In the first few weeks we’ll make time in the program for you to look around, so that during the second part of the internship we can leave it to you. Try to get a feeling for the teams, their differences and what they have in common. And you won’t leave IMC before you have been trading yourself. Mock trading is fun and gives you new insights in what trading at IMC actually means.

During the individual project you’ll stay a full team member. You’ll take part in catch-ups and team meetings, join the team for social outings and help them when help is needed. They might run into a problem you can solve, or perhaps you can build a tool that can make things more efficient or spot the opportunity for a cool side-project. While your priority is to complete your project, you’ll be encouraged to contribute fully to the team too.

Once a year we host our summer internship, starting end of June. Our trading internship lasts for nine weeks and our technology internship for twelve weeks.

Our recruitment process in 4 steps

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Apply Submit a job application and your resume.
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Assessments If we match, you'll participate in a series of assessments.
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Interviews When selected you'll be invited for several interviews.
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Decision time We will review your interview and if positive, offer you a job.

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Meet the team

Markus

"The thing that most made me want to apply at IMC was when I saw that you get to work with really smart people on challenging problems."

Markus, Software Engineer at IMC Sydney
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"IMC has a great training program and is the perfect place to start your career in the financial world."

Ahmet, Quantitative researcher at IMC Chicago
Markus

"I’m super impressed that everyone at IMC is so passionate about their work and loves to help each other!"

Ruiqi, Software Engineer at IMC Chicago
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