Conditional Probability & Expectation Questions for Hedge Fund Quant Interviews
A hedge fund quant round does not test conditional probability & expectation the way a textbook does. This set is the overlap - the conditional probability & expectation questions that actually turn up in this format.
22 questions, all free to practise. The split is 2 easy, 16 medium, 4 hard.
- Posterior from a likelihood ratioEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationStatisticsView →
- The added babyEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Bayes: did it rain?MediumConditional Probability & ExpectationStatisticsView →
- Bertrand's boxMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Conditional mean on a circleMediumConditional Probability & ExpectationRandom VariablesView →
- Disease test (Bayes)MediumConditional Probability & ExpectationStatisticsView →
- Expected sum given both evenMediumConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Law of total varianceMediumConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Monty HallMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Monty Hall with 100 doorsMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Russian roulette, re-spunMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Screening a rare diseaseMediumConditional Probability & ExpectationStatisticsView →
- Spam filterMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- The cab problemMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- The two-headed coinMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Two positive testsMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Which coin produced two heads?MediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Which machine made the defect?MediumConditional Probability & ExpectationStatisticsView →
- A second red ball from the same urnHardProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Covariance with a lognormal childHardConditional Probability & ExpectationRandom VariablesView →
- The boy born on a TuesdayHardProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- The drunk passengerHardProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
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