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, all free to practise. 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 of a die that rerolls on a sixEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a higher-die contractEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a one-roll divisor gameEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Finding the light coinEasyBrainteasersView →
- Matching head countsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Rate of change of a triangle's perimeterEasyCalculusView →
- Seven before six or eightEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- 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 →
- Break-even fill quality for a resting bidMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Capturing the spreadMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Delta-hedge a two-leg option bookMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Expected maximum of two diceMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Fair value after an informed buyMediumConditional Probability & ExpectationMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- 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 →
- Neither die exceeds fourMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Paths dodging a closed intersectionMediumCombinatoricsView →
- Profit on a bull call spreadMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Sizing a cross-book arbitrage lockMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Tennis: two sets or three?MediumProbabilityView →
- Two-sided p-value of a mean testMediumStatisticsView →
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