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different kinds of mental mathematical questions
Probability of an event occurring - normal binomial distribution question.
how to find an arbitrage
Prime number sequences, typically in creative ways.
weirdly a lot of brainteasers on top of more technical questions
oral calculus not expected at the end. And timed
- Assessments: Coding (3 questions/48 hrs), Aptitude (1 hr), Psychometric (1/2 hr) - Phone call with HR (standard questions + 2 simple arithmetic problems to test quick thinking) - 2 hr individual analysis task followed by a group task with another candidate, under the guidance of a junior trader. Involved coding up a backtesting structure to determine PnL of a strategy. - Dev interview: simple questions on maps/trees - Quant interview: questions on probability/combinatorics/estimation and a potential market making game - Final interview: with head of trading and head HR
Hackerrank: mercury levels est., house pricing, max path sum Phone screen: Couple of straightforward maths q's + some easy behaviourals Quant interview: problem solving + maths. Don't need to answer all of them perfectly, as long as you're personable and can work towards the soln. Dev interview: paired programming - phone directory lookup. Same deal as quant interview. HR: standard behavioural q's with a focus on working in teams. Try to let a conversation flow from it.
how to dealing with missing values.
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