Systematic & Data-Driven Trading Interview Questions for Traders
The same round is marked differently depending on the seat you are interviewing for. This is the systematic & data-driven trading set as it applies to traders.
31 questions, all free to practise. The split is 5 easy, 17 medium, 9 hard. The topics that come up most are probability (9), combinatorics (8), brainteasers (8), expected value (7).
- All the squares on a chessboardEasyCombinatoricsBrainteasersView →
- Even numbers, distinct digitsEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Maximum of four uniforms in a bandEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Repricing a bond after a yield jumpEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Valuing a level perpetuityEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- 25 horses, 5 tracksMediumBrainteasersView →
- A cube root by tangent lineMediumCalculusView →
- Arbitraging a mispriced forward loanMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Boy–girl neighbors in a lineMediumCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- Expected gap on 30-sided diceMediumProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Forward vs. futures priceMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Fox, goose, beans crossingMediumBrainteasersView →
- Gambler's ruinMediumProbabilityStochastic ProcessesView →
- Guess 2/3 of the averageMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Kelly sizing on an asymmetric betMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Marking a seasoned forwardMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Right angles in 12 hoursMediumBrainteasersView →
- Risk-neutral up probabilityMediumStochastic ProcessesFinance & DerivativesView →
- Second-price auction strategyMediumProbabilityMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- The last lightbulb to burn outMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- The same number of tailsMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Winning from deuceMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Ages from product and sumHardCombinatoricsBrainteasersView →
- Blue-eyed islandersHardBrainteasersView →
- Expected largest of ten ballsHardCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- Handshakes at a dinner partyHardCombinatoricsBrainteasersView →
- Loops from tying noodlesHardProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Rounds to see all faces with two diceHardProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Runs of red and blue marblesHardCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- The drunk passengerHardProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- The racing camelsHardBrainteasersView →
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