ETF Trading Interview Questions for Traders
The same round is marked differently depending on the seat you are interviewing for. This is the etf trading set as it applies to traders.
41 questions, 35 of them free to practise right now. The split is 26 easy, 15 medium. The topics that come up most are probability (14), market making & betting games (12), expected value (8), conditional probability & expectation (5).
- A heart or a king given redEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- A point is established in crapsEasyProbabilityView →
- Adjacent faces on two diceEasyProbabilityView →
- All three land in the same halfEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- An old man's life in fractionsEasyBrainteasersView →
- Backing out a parlay's hidden leg probabilityEasyProbabilityMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Break-even uninformed fraction against pick-offsEasyMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Coin count past two sigmaEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Counting legs at the meetupEasyBrainteasersView →
- Covered call profit when called awayEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Drawing a matching pair of socksEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Expected profit on a scratch ticketEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Expected sets for a favored playerEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Fair odds on a parlayEasyMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price for the higher of two diceEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a die that rerolls on a sixEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a higher-die contractEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Finding the light coinEasyBrainteasersView →
- Matching head countsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Probability two dice sum to a primeEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Rate of change of a triangle's perimeterEasyCalculusView →
- Squared payout on even facesEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Streak then a head countEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- The second draw is redEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Three switches, one bulbEasyBrainteasersView →
- Three-dice total given the firstEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Arbitraging a coupon bond against zerosMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Capturing the spreadMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Expected maximum of two diceMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Filling a pool with the drain openMediumBrainteasersView →
- Implied vol from a straddle quoteMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Locking a profit by hedging after the odds moveMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Profit on a bull call spreadMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Sizing a cross-book arbitrage lockMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Tennis: two sets or three?MediumProbabilityView →
- Break-even fill quality for a resting bidMediumMarket Making & Betting Games Premium
- Delta-hedge a two-leg option bookMediumFinance & Derivatives Premium
- Fair value after an informed buyMediumConditional Probability & ExpectationMarket Making & Betting Games Premium
- Neither die exceeds fourMediumProbabilityRandom Variables Premium
- Paths dodging a closed intersectionMediumCombinatorics Premium
- Two-sided p-value of a mean testMediumStatistics Premium
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