Numerical Reasoning Tests Interview Questions for Quant Analysts
The same round is marked differently depending on the seat you are interviewing for. This is the numerical reasoning tests set as it applies to quant analysts.
44 questions, all free to practise. The split is 30 easy, 14 medium. The topics that come up most are probability (11), combinatorics (9), brainteasers (9), random variables (6).
- 1 immediately before 2EasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- A compound-interest limit in disguiseEasyCalculusView →
- A three given a sum divisible by threeEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Adjacent faces on two diceEasyProbabilityView →
- An integrand with a cornerEasyCalculusView →
- Average speed over three lapsEasyBrainteasersView →
- Butterfly spread maximum profitEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Codes with exactly one vowelEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Coin count past two sigmaEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Committee with both sexesEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Comparing implied vols from two quotesEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Correlation from a summed varianceEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Correlation of X with X plus YEasyStatisticsView →
- Counting arithmetic triplesEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Distinct-digit numbers using a 7EasyCombinatoricsView →
- Divisible by 2 or 3EasyCombinatoricsView →
- Even sum bigger than sevenEasyProbabilityView →
- Finding the light coinEasyBrainteasersView →
- Hands directly oppositeEasyBrainteasersView →
- Landing in the ringEasyProbabilityView →
- Length of a vector differenceEasyLinear AlgebraView →
- Merging two round-robinsEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Pairs who swap hatsEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Product divisible by fourEasyProbabilityView →
- Seating with a gapEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Second roll beats the firstEasyProbabilityView →
- Shrinking the standard errorEasyStatisticsView →
- Squared payout on even facesEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- The clock that runs fastEasyBrainteasersView →
- The second draw is redEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- A CLT tail probabilityMediumStatisticsView →
- Ants on a stickMediumBrainteasersView →
- Calendar spread intuitionMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Delta-hedge a two-leg option bookMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Four distinct birth monthsMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Frog in the wellMediumBrainteasersView →
- Implicit differentiation on a circleMediumCalculusView →
- Long-run share of a two-state chainMediumLinear AlgebraView →
- Poisson thinning: exactly two large ordersMediumRandom VariablesView →
- Prime sumMediumProbabilityView →
- Sum of multiples of 3 or 5MediumBrainteasersView →
- The missing dollarMediumBrainteasersView →
- Three-jug measuringMediumBrainteasersView →
- Variance of an aggregate Poisson totalMediumRandom VariablesStochastic ProcessesView →
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