Betting Game Rounds Interview Questions for Traders
The same round is marked differently depending on the seat you are interviewing for. This is the betting game rounds set as it applies to traders.
104 questions, all free to practise. The split is 38 easy, 59 medium, 7 hard. The topics that come up most are probability (58), combinatorics (28), expected value (20), brainteasers (16).
- A call's move under changing deltaEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- A die decides how many balls to drawEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- A guest list with a feudEasyCombinatoricsView →
- A perfect-power dice sumEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- A specific sequence given three headsEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- All four aces before any kingEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- American early exerciseEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- At least one matching pair in three cardsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Beating three othersEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Coin rolling around a coinEasyBrainteasersView →
- Counting flushesEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Even count until the coin repeatsEasyProbabilityView →
- Even heads with one fair coinEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Exactly one ace in three drawsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Expected distance of a dart from centerEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Expected flips for three headsEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Finding the number of blue socksEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- First tail within two flipsEasyProbabilityView →
- Handshakes at four couplesEasyCombinatoricsBrainteasersView →
- Matching a max and a min at zeroEasyProbabilityView →
- Maximum of four uniforms in a bandEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Origin between two pointsEasyProbabilityView →
- Paid the last roll before you stopEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Profit from a favourable stopping gameEasyExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Repeated digit on a plateEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Same side four timesEasyProbabilityView →
- Six heads from a random biased coinEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationRandom VariablesView →
- Stop at the first girlEasyProbabilityView →
- The clock that runs fastEasyBrainteasersView →
- The costliest roulette bet on the tableEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- The straddle's upper breakevenEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- The top two cards form a pairEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Three cube faces at a cornerEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Three distinct dice, no sixEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Three raids on the flockEasyBrainteasersView →
- Two numbers in different groupsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Two primes with an even sumEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Winning by a growing marginEasyProbabilityBrainteasersView →
- A low medianMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- A prime sum on prime diceMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Aces in a seven-card handMediumCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- An ace for everyoneMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- An ace in the handMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Backing out a margin-free probabilityMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Balloon related ratesMediumCalculusView →
- Bertrand's boxMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Both even given an even sumMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Calendar spread intuitionMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Coin-pile NimMediumBrainteasersMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Counting straightsMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Delta of a straddleMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Dice payoff via WaldMediumExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Eight coins, one lightMediumCombinatoricsBrainteasersView →
- Exactly two aces in a bridge handMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Expected flips for HHTMediumExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Expected minimum of two diceMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Expected value of the highest cardMediumProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- First HH on the tenth tossMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- First consecutive repeatMediumProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- First to three of a kind in a rowMediumProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Frog in the wellMediumBrainteasersView →
- Full housesMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Grandmother's age from the digitsMediumBrainteasersView →
- Inventory-skewed reservation priceMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Large sum given a sixMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Largest circle in a triangleMediumBrainteasersView →
- Limit of x ln x as x to 0+MediumCalculusView →
- MLE at a boundaryMediumStatisticsCalculusView →
- Matching penniesMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Maximum loss on a collarMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Minimum defense frequency against a betMediumProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- No face card before the two of heartsMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Pricing a squared payoffMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Product of two uniforms above a halfMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Rolls to see both a 1 and a 2MediumExpected ValueView →
- Russian roulette, re-spunMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Scaling vega across maturitiesMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Sum versus twice the differenceMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- The St. Petersburg paradoxMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- The birthday problemMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- The gold chainMediumBrainteasersView →
- The larger die shows a 4 - what about the smaller?MediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- The last lightbulb to burn outMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- The pile that always leaves oneMediumBrainteasersView →
- The third shiny pennyMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Three prisonersMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Tower of Hanoi, adjacent moves onlyMediumBrainteasersView →
- Two childrenMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Two guards, two doorsMediumBrainteasersView →
- Two reds in a row from a shrinking urnMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Variance of a coin-gated payoffMediumRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Variance of the longer pieceMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Volatility smile meaningMediumStatisticsFinance & DerivativesView →
- Waiting to see both facesMediumRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- When time decay reversesMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Which deck for two reds?MediumProbabilityView →
- Width of a market under uncertaintyMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesStatisticsView →
- Expected chord between two random pointsHardProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Hats in a lineHardBrainteasersView →
- Pairs left in the drawerHardCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- Prisoners and the light switchHardBrainteasersView →
- Smallest card sharing a boxHardProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- The reroll advantage in a die duelHardProbabilityMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Two random segments overlappingHardProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
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