Quantitative Associate Interview Questions

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The technical interview consisted of a variety of questions on pricing, Fixed Income, numerical analysis. One question was: You are at the horse racetrack. Four horses are racing. Betting on any horse costs $100. Betting on the first three horses pays off $400. The fourth horse pays off $399. If you can both take and "write" bets, what is your strategy for riskless profit?
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Retirement and Hybrid Quantitative Analyst

Interviewed at Deutsche Bank

3.8
Dec 4, 2013

The technical interview consisted of a variety of questions on pricing, Fixed Income, numerical analysis. One question was: You are at the horse racetrack. Four horses are racing. Betting on any horse costs $100. Betting on the first three horses pays off $400. The fourth horse pays off $399. If you can both take and "write" bets, what is your strategy for riskless profit?

On the cover letter, a game theory problem with the problems. A multi-player game where all players play optimally and you have to find out what these optimal plays are given the settings in the questions. After, a general cognitive aptitude test which, if you respect yourself, you'll decline to do and move on to another company.
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at Optiver

3.8
Mar 27, 2021

On the cover letter, a game theory problem with the problems. A multi-player game where all players play optimally and you have to find out what these optimal plays are given the settings in the questions. After, a general cognitive aptitude test which, if you respect yourself, you'll decline to do and move on to another company.

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