Expected Value Questions for Betting Game Rounds Interviews
A betting game rounds round does not test expected value the way a textbook does. This set is the overlap - the expected value questions that actually turn up in this format.
24 questions, all free to practise. The split is 5 easy, 15 medium, 4 hard.
- A die decides how many balls to drawEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Expected flips for three headsEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Paid the last roll before you stopEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Profit from a favourable stopping gameEasyExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- The costliest roulette bet on the tableEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Aces in a seven-card handMediumCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- Dice payoff via WaldMediumExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Expectation of e raised to a normalMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Expected flips for HHTMediumExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Expected minimum of two diceMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Expected sum given both evenMediumConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Expected value of the highest cardMediumProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- First consecutive repeatMediumProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- First to three of a kind in a rowMediumProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Minimum defense frequency against a betMediumProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Position of the first aceMediumConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Pricing a squared payoffMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Rolls to see both a 1 and a 2MediumExpected ValueView →
- The St. Petersburg paradoxMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- The last lightbulb to burn outMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Expected chord between two random pointsHardProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Expected flips for HHHHardExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Pairs left in the drawerHardCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- Smallest card sharing a boxHardProbabilityExpected ValueView →
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