Probability Interview Questions for Quant Analysts
Quant Analysts get asked probability differently from other quant roles - the emphasis shifts with what the job actually does. This is that slice.
38 questions, 28 of them free to practise right now. The split is 23 easy, 11 medium, 4 hard.
- 1 immediately before 2EasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- A dice sum divisible by threeEasyProbabilityView →
- A dry weekend, assuming independenceEasyProbabilityView →
- A heart or a king given redEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- A perfect-power dice sumEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- A repeated digit in the PINEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- A three given a sum divisible by threeEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Adjacent faces on two diceEasyProbabilityView →
- All three land in the same halfEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- An even palindromeEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Counting arithmetic triplesEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Drawing a matching pair of socksEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Even sum bigger than sevenEasyProbabilityView →
- Expected sets for a favored playerEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Landing in the ringEasyProbabilityView →
- No heads in a random number of flipsEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Product divisible by fourEasyProbabilityView →
- Second roll beats the firstEasyProbabilityView →
- Sharing your weekday of birthEasyProbabilityView →
- The second draw is redEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Upper bound on a dry weekendEasyProbabilityView →
- Correlation of two face-countsMediumProbabilityStatisticsView →
- Mean over variance of a nested uniformMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Whose draw is larger?MediumProbabilityView →
- A second red ball from the same urnHardProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Distinct toys from seven boxesHardProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Two random subsets that overlapHardProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- When the extremes sum above oneHardProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- The first die beats the secondEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & Expectation Premium
- Two heads given an even countEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & Expectation Premium
- Both even given an even sumMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & Expectation Premium
- Four distinct birth monthsMediumProbabilityCombinatorics Premium
- Joint default rangeMediumProbabilityFinance & Derivatives Premium
- Prime sumMediumProbability Premium
- The cab problemMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & Expectation Premium
- Two face cardsMediumProbabilityCombinatorics Premium
- Two positive testsMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & Expectation Premium
- Two reds in a row from a shrinking urnMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & Expectation Premium
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