Options Trading Interview Questions for Quant Analysts
The same round is marked differently depending on the seat you are interviewing for. This is the options trading set as it applies to quant analysts.
32 questions, all free to practise. The split is 17 easy, 13 medium, 2 hard. The topics that come up most are probability (9), brainteasers (6), random variables (5), statistics (5).
- A dice sum divisible by threeEasyProbabilityView →
- A dry weekend, assuming independenceEasyProbabilityView →
- A heart or a king given redEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- A three given a sum divisible by threeEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Area between a parabola and a lineEasyCalculusView →
- Average speed over three lapsEasyBrainteasersView →
- Backing out the correlation from portfolio riskEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Bacteria doubling on a clockEasyBrainteasersView →
- Expected sets for a favored playerEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- First success on an even trialEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Present value of a deferred growing perpetuityEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Rank of a matrix productEasyLinear AlgebraView →
- Return speed for a target averageEasyBrainteasersView →
- Sample SD with Bessel's correctionEasyStatisticsView →
- Shrinking the standard errorEasyStatisticsView →
- Summing n plus one over two to the nEasyCalculusView →
- The first die beats the secondEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Ants on a stickMediumBrainteasersView →
- Double integral of x + y over the unit squareMediumCalculusView →
- Filling a pool with the drain openMediumBrainteasersView →
- Identical balls, no empty boxMediumCombinatoricsView →
- Math books stay togetherMediumCombinatoricsView →
- Prime sumMediumProbabilityView →
- Splitting a merged Poisson totalMediumStochastic ProcessesView →
- Three-jug measuringMediumBrainteasersView →
- Variance of a sum drawn without replacementMediumRandom VariablesView →
- Variance of an aggregate Poisson totalMediumRandom VariablesStochastic ProcessesView →
- When a biased estimator winsMediumRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- When does the system fail to have a unique solution?MediumLinear AlgebraView →
- Why covariance matrices are PSDMediumStatisticsLinear AlgebraView →
- Distinct toys from seven boxesHardProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Two random subsets that overlapHardProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
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