Expected Value Questions for Hedge Fund Quant Interviews
A hedge fund quant 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.
32 questions, 10 of them free to practise right now. The split is 2 easy, 17 medium, 13 hard.
- Color switches in a drawEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Paid a dollar or the drawEasyExpected ValueStatisticsView →
- All six faces (coupon collector)MediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Dice game, up to three rollsMediumExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Expectation as a sum of tailsMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Expected flips for HHMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Number of runsMediumExpected ValueView →
- The German tank problemMediumExpected ValueStatisticsView →
- Dealing until kings or a king-and-aceHardCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- Guessing cards from a known pileHardProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Aces in a seven-card handMediumCombinatoricsExpected Value Premium
- Distinct birthdays representedMediumProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- Expected absolute difference of two diceMediumExpected Value Premium
- Expected duration of a fair gameMediumExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Expected rolls for two sixes in a rowMediumExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Expected sum given both evenMediumConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected Value Premium
- Gap between two uniformsMediumExpected ValueStatistics Premium
- Is the random walk squared a martingale?MediumExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Law of total varianceMediumConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected Value Premium
- Position of the first spadeMediumCombinatoricsExpected Value Premium
- Pricing a squared payoffMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting Games Premium
- Bluffing frequency in pokerHardProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- Connecting noodlesHardProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- Deriving the first-price shading factorHardProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- Drunk man on a bridgeHardExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Expected flips for HHHHardExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Expected flips for HTHHardExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Expected revisits of the start stateHardExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Four heads in a rowHardExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Reflecting wall first-passage timeHardExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- The all-pay auctionHardProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- World Series bettingHardExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
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