Trading Aptitude Tests Interview Questions for Traders
The same round is marked differently depending on the seat you are interviewing for. This is the trading aptitude tests set as it applies to traders.
124 questions, all free to practise. The split is 84 easy, 40 medium. The topics that come up most are probability (46), expected value (29), brainteasers (26), combinatorics (22).
- 1 immediately before 2EasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- A call's move under changing deltaEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- A compound-interest limit in disguiseEasyCalculusView →
- A dice sum divisible by threeEasyProbabilityView →
- A dry weekend, assuming independenceEasyProbabilityView →
- A limit that hides a difference of logsEasyCalculusView →
- A mile with no windEasyBrainteasersView →
- A one-sided percentile cutoffEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- A tail of a sum of normalsEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Adjacent faces on two diceEasyProbabilityView →
- All three land in the same halfEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- An even sum given a five appearsEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- An old man's life in fractionsEasyBrainteasersView →
- Ants on a squareEasyProbabilityBrainteasersView →
- At least one 3 and at least one 5EasyProbabilityView →
- At least one blue and one greenEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- At least one matching pair in three cardsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- At least two in the windowEasyProbabilityStochastic ProcessesView →
- Backing out a parlay's hidden leg probabilityEasyProbabilityMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Bacteria doubling on a clockEasyBrainteasersView →
- Both red among the top twoEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Both sixes given at least oneEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Bull spread net profitEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Capped exponential payoutEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Color switches in a drawEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Committee with both sexesEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Comparing implied vols from two quotesEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Conditioning a uniform waitEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Counting arithmetic triplesEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Counting legs at the meetupEasyBrainteasersView →
- Covered call profit when called awayEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Drawing a matching pair of socksEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Even first die given a sum of eightEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Even sum bigger than sevenEasyProbabilityView →
- Exactly one head given at least oneEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Expected flips after a losing startEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Expected sum given a sixEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Face or ace given a red cardEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Fair mid on a dice product that voids on doublesEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Fair price of a dice-product gameEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a die that rerolls on a sixEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a heads-majority betEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Fair price of a one-roll divisor gameEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a sum-divisible-by-three betEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Finding the number of blue socksEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- First success on an even trialEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Gap between two dice, given they differEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Hands directly oppositeEasyBrainteasersView →
- Handshakes across two groupsEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Heads given at least one headEasyExpected ValueView →
- Hopping rabbit, up to three stepsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- How many rolls to make the 6-bet favorableEasyProbabilityMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- How many sixes on the die?EasyExpected ValueBrainteasersView →
- Landing in the ringEasyProbabilityView →
- Lapping on the trackEasyBrainteasersView →
- Matching chips, two drawsEasyCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- Matching head countsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Merging two round-robinsEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Normalizing a tilted densityEasyRandom VariablesCalculusView →
- Pairs who swap hatsEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Present value of a deferred growing perpetuityEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Product divisible by fourEasyProbabilityView →
- Profit from a favourable stopping gameEasyExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Rate of change of a triangle's perimeterEasyCalculusView →
- Return speed for a target averageEasyBrainteasersView →
- Rolling until a high face, at a costEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Rope lifted off the EarthEasyBrainteasersView →
- Seating with a gapEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Second roll beats the firstEasyProbabilityView →
- Smallest multiple of 77 past 700000EasyBrainteasersView →
- Socks for a matching trioEasyCombinatoricsBrainteasersView →
- The first die beats the secondEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- The price of a triangular gardenEasyBrainteasersView →
- The weight of the fishEasyBrainteasersView →
- Three raids on the flockEasyBrainteasersView →
- Three switches, one bulbEasyBrainteasersView →
- Timing the revolverEasyBrainteasersView →
- Triangles across two linesEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Two numbers in different groupsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Value of the put insurance in a crashEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Variance of a union indicatorEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Variance of a weighted dice combinationEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Which side of a two-sided marketEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Who wins the first head?EasyProbabilityView →
- Balancing six- and eight-sided diceMediumExpected ValueBrainteasersView →
- Break-even fill quality for a resting bidMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Break-even half-spread from toxic flowMediumProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Capturing the spreadMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Cash-and-carry arbitrageMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Clock hands overlapMediumBrainteasersView →
- Correlation of overlapping sumsMediumRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Eight coins, one lightMediumCombinatoricsBrainteasersView →
- Expected flips for HHTMediumExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Expected maximum of two diceMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Expected minimum of two diceMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Expected revenue of a Vickrey auctionMediumProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Fair price of a payout that doubles per headMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair value after an informed buyMediumConditional Probability & ExpectationMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- First head on an even flipMediumProbabilityView →
- Four distinct birth monthsMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Frog in the wellMediumBrainteasersView →
- Gamma-scalping a round tripMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Implied dividend yield from a forwardMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Limit of x^100 over e^xMediumCalculusView →
- Locking a profit by hedging after the odds moveMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Paths dodging a closed intersectionMediumCombinatoricsView →
- Pricing a coupon bond off the spot curveMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Product of two uniforms above a halfMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Put–call parity arbitrageMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Rolls to see both a 1 and a 2MediumExpected ValueView →
- Scaling vega across maturitiesMediumFinance & DerivativesView →
- Sum of 10 with three diceMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Sum of multiples of 3 or 5MediumBrainteasersView →
- Sum versus twice the differenceMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- The missing dollarMediumBrainteasersView →
- The pile that always leaves oneMediumBrainteasersView →
- The winner's curse in a bid warMediumMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Three dots, exactly one shared edgeMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Three-jug measuringMediumBrainteasersView →
- Tower of Hanoi, adjacent moves onlyMediumBrainteasersView →
- Two face cardsMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Two reds in a row from a shrinking urnMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Variance of the longer pieceMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Waiting to see both facesMediumRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
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