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First round 1. Tenth root of 10 2. Log_{1.2}(3) 3. Water in a olympic pool 4. Weight of a baby elephant 5. Digits in 50 ! 6. Max slices of a pizza after 10 cuts Second round: 1. Roll 6 sided dice EV 2. Roll 2 6 sided dice, only get to roll the second one if you can't roll a sum over 10 (so first is 4 or lower). Find the EV 3. Now you can choose the number of sides, should the lower sided dice be rolled first or second 4. Find the optimal number of sides to maximize the EV Third Round: 1. Given a tournament of 8 teams, what's the probability that two teams will meet if they have .5 probability of advancing to the next round, assuming the matchups are randomly selected 2. Now there are 9 teams and every round one team is selected to advance at random at each level, what's the probability that the two teams will meet. Superday: Never made it this far
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Interviewed at Five Rings

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Oct 10, 2022

First round 1. Tenth root of 10 2. Log_{1.2}(3) 3. Water in a olympic pool 4. Weight of a baby elephant 5. Digits in 50 ! 6. Max slices of a pizza after 10 cuts Second round: 1. Roll 6 sided dice EV 2. Roll 2 6 sided dice, only get to roll the second one if you can't roll a sum over 10 (so first is 4 or lower). Find the EV 3. Now you can choose the number of sides, should the lower sided dice be rolled first or second 4. Find the optimal number of sides to maximize the EV Third Round: 1. Given a tournament of 8 teams, what's the probability that two teams will meet if they have .5 probability of advancing to the next round, assuming the matchups are randomly selected 2. Now there are 9 teams and every round one team is selected to advance at random at each level, what's the probability that the two teams will meet. Superday: Never made it this far

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