Brevan Howard Online Assessment
Brevan Howard's 2027 Summer Internship in Trading (London and New York) starts with a multi-part online assessment: 30 forced-choice work-style pairs, 15 numerical reasoning questions on charts and tables, and 2 written scenario responses. The welcome screen says it takes about 20 minutes and must be completed within 3 days of the invite, and you can leave and resume from the emailed link. The platform is unbranded and shows no timer. Only the numerical part has right answers. Everything below is candidate-reported from one full 2027 capture. Last updated October 9, 2026.
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Trading summer internship — Numerical reasoning (charts + tables)
Fifteen four-option questions on six data sets, each spread over two to four scrolled screens. Many chart values show only on hover, so you read bar heights against the axis. Expect percentages, ratios, growth comparisons, totals across a table and one 'which statement is true' item. Our timed replica runs all 15 with values measured from the original charts and verified answers.
- Tech-sector employees and hourly pay Numerical reasoning · easy
- Airfares and ticket sales Numerical reasoning · medium
- Sustainable fund assets by region Numerical reasoning · medium
- Book sales, costs and genres Numerical reasoning · medium
- Accident rates by age group Numerical reasoning · easy
- Two charities' finances Numerical reasoning · medium
Trading summer internship — Work-style pairs (personality)
Each item asks which of two statements sounds more like you, on a four-point scale (best or somewhat describes me, on either side). Candidates report three themes: updating your views when evidence changes, trusting intuition versus working through the analysis, and enjoying hard, effortful thinking. There are no right answers and no practice set; answer honestly and consistently, since similar statements recur.
Trading summer internship — Written scenarios (2 open responses)
Two written judgement scenarios. Candidates report one about a team split over an energy versus renewables strategy, complicated by a former mentor now at a competitor, and one about a compliance officer facing a quarter-end audit deadline with a doubled workload, a software glitch and a tight budget. Both ask what you would do next. Strong answers name the stakeholders, weigh the trade-off (speed versus quality, loyalty versus confidentiality), pick a course of action and say how you would communicate and follow up.
Other tracks — Coding test and behavioral survey (public reports)
Public prep guides describe a different first stage for some programs: a HackerRank test mixing Python, SQL, math and probability, plus a separate behavioral survey and a short math and statistics test. We have not verified these against a 2027 capture, so check which assessments your invite lists.
After the online assessment
Public prep guides describe an HR conversation, then a market-making game and several short interviews with portfolio managers on macro views, projects and a trade idea you can defend. The games below rehearse the market-making round.
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Sources and how current this is
The assessment sections come from one candidate's full screen capture of the 2027 Trading internship assessment (London and New York). Chart values were measured from the screenshots because the live test shows them only on hover. Later rounds and other tracks are summarized from public prep guides. Took the assessment recently? Tell us what you saw so we can update this page.
Brevan Howard OA — FAQ
What is the Brevan Howard online assessment?
Brevan Howard's 2027 Summer Internship in Trading (London and New York) starts with a multi-part online assessment: 30 forced-choice work-style pairs, 15 numerical reasoning questions on charts and tables, and 2 written scenario responses. The welcome screen says it takes about 20 minutes and must be completed within 3 days of the invite, and you can leave and resume from the emailed link. The platform is unbranded and shows no timer. Only the numerical part has right answers. Everything below is candidate-reported from one full 2027 capture. Last updated October 9, 2026.
What is the format of the Brevan Howard OA?
It runs as 4 tracks (Numerical reasoning (charts + tables), Work-style pairs (personality), Written scenarios (2 open responses), Coding test and behavioral survey (public reports)). Trading summer internship, Trading summer internship, Trading summer internship, Other tracks, each timed and auto-graded where applicable.
How do I practice for the Brevan Howard online assessment?
Work the sample questions above (each with a full worked solution), then take the interactive Brevan Howard OA practice on QuantVault.
How long is the Brevan Howard online assessment?
The welcome screen says about 20 minutes, and candidates report no visible timer. You must finish within 3 days of the invite and can leave and resume from the emailed link.
What is on the Brevan Howard numerical reasoning section?
Candidates report 15 four-option questions on six data sets of charts and tables. Many chart values appear only on hover, so you estimate them from the axis.
Is there a right answer to the Brevan Howard personality pairs?
No. The 30 pairs are a work-style questionnaire on open-minded thinking, intuition versus analysis and enjoyment of hard problems. Answer honestly and consistently.