Expected Value Questions for Prop Trading Interviews
A prop trading 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.
14 questions, 5 of them free to practise right now. The split is 2 easy, 10 medium, 2 hard.
- Paid a dollar or the drawEasyExpected ValueStatisticsView →
- The costliest roulette bet on the tableEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Dice game, up to three rollsMediumExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Expectation as a sum of tailsMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Number of runsMediumExpected ValueView →
- Expected maximum of three diceMediumRandom VariablesExpected Value Premium
- Expected sum of a random subsetMediumExpected Value Premium
- Inversions in a shuffleMediumCombinatoricsExpected Value Premium
- Position of the first spadeMediumCombinatoricsExpected Value Premium
- Renewal-reward fraction of time runningMediumExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Rolls until a face repeatsMediumProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- The St. Petersburg paradoxMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting Games Premium
- Expected duration of a fair walkHardExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Reflecting wall first-passage timeHardExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
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