Combinatorics Questions for Options Trading Interviews
A options trading round does not test combinatorics the way a textbook does. This set is the overlap - the combinatorics questions that actually turn up in this format.
26 questions, all free to practise. The split is 15 easy, 9 medium, 2 hard.
- Counting flushesEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Dots on distinct edgesEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Exactly one ace in three drawsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Four dice summing to twentyEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Hopping rabbit, up to three stepsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Interior crossings of a decagon's diagonalsEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Matching chips, two drawsEasyCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- Round table with a couple togetherEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Seven before six or eightEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Strictly increasing three-digit numbersEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Three dice, increasingEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Three distinct dice, no sixEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Top three dice summing to eighteenEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Ways to reach deuceEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Which side holds the heavy weightEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- An ace in every pileMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Climbing stairsMediumCombinatoricsProgramming & DSAView →
- Eight coins, one lightMediumCombinatoricsBrainteasersView →
- Eight dice summing to twelveMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Identical balls, no empty boxMediumCombinatoricsView →
- Large sum given a sixMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Math books stay togetherMediumCombinatoricsView →
- Pairing up six peopleMediumCombinatoricsView →
- Three ones in a rowMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Exactly one pairHardProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Two random subsets that overlapHardProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
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