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A question that is Jane Street-esque would be the following: Suppose there is a game. You flip a coin again and again until you see 2 consecutive heads. What is the expected number of coin flips? Follow up: What is the expected number of tails?
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Trading Intern

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Jan 27, 2015

A question that is Jane Street-esque would be the following: Suppose there is a game. You flip a coin again and again until you see 2 consecutive heads. What is the expected number of coin flips? Follow up: What is the expected number of tails?

You are blindfolded and sitting at a table with 100 quarters. Ten of the quarters are tails-up and 90 are heads up. You wish to separate the quarters into two piles, each with the same number of tails. You can flip as many as you like and the piles don't need to be the same size. How do you do it?
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Trading Intern

Interviewed at Wolverine Trading

4.7
Feb 21, 2012

You are blindfolded and sitting at a table with 100 quarters. Ten of the quarters are tails-up and 90 are heads up. You wish to separate the quarters into two piles, each with the same number of tails. You can flip as many as you like and the piles don't need to be the same size. How do you do it?

A follow-up question: If your sum is 35 now, and you know for sure that you will not roll a 1 in the next round. If your sum is above 42, then the game ends and you take the money. If below 42, you must keep rolling until the sum is above 42. What is the amount of money you are mostly likely to get?
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Trading Intern

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Feb 26, 2015

A follow-up question: If your sum is 35 now, and you know for sure that you will not roll a 1 in the next round. If your sum is above 42, then the game ends and you take the money. If below 42, you must keep rolling until the sum is above 42. What is the amount of money you are mostly likely to get?

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