Calculus Questions for Prop Trading Interviews
A prop trading round does not test calculus the way a textbook does. This set is the overlap - the calculus questions that actually turn up in this format.
18 questions, all free to practise. The split is 3 easy, 14 medium, 1 hard.
- A race between two small-angle ratesEasyCalculusView →
- Ripple on a pondEasyCalculusView →
- Slope of a product at a special pointEasyCalculusView →
- A point near the cone's baseMediumProbabilityCalculusView →
- Arc length of a curveMediumCalculusView →
- Cheapest open-top boxMediumCalculusView →
- Convergence of the integral of x^(-p)MediumCalculusView →
- Expectation of −2 ln UMediumRandom VariablesCalculusView →
- Integral by substitution: 2x e^(x^2)MediumCalculusView →
- Leibniz rule derivative at x = 1MediumCalculusView →
- Newton's division-free reciprocalMediumCalculusView →
- Rate of a growing shadowMediumCalculusView →
- Two uniforms summing below a halfMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Two uniforms summing past 1.5MediumProbabilityCalculusView →
- Volume where two cylinders crossMediumCalculusView →
- Where the slope is steepest downhillMediumCalculusView →
- Within distance d on the unit intervalMediumProbabilityCalculusView →
- Absorption in naive floating-point summationHardCalculusProgramming & DSAView →
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