Probability Questions for Trading Aptitude Tests Interviews
A trading aptitude tests round does not test probability the way a textbook does. This set is the overlap - the probability questions that actually turn up in this format.
48 questions, 38 of them free to practise right now. The split is 36 easy, 12 medium.
- 1 immediately before 2EasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- A dice sum divisible by threeEasyProbabilityView →
- A dry weekend, assuming independenceEasyProbabilityView →
- Adjacent faces on two diceEasyProbabilityView →
- All three land in the same halfEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- An even sum given a five appearsEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- 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 →
- Both red among the top twoEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Conditioning a uniform waitEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Counting arithmetic triplesEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Drawing a matching pair of socksEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- 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 heads-majority betEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Finding the number of blue socksEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Hopping rabbitEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- How many rolls to make the 6-bet favorableEasyProbabilityMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Landing in the ringEasyProbabilityView →
- Matching head countsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Product divisible by fourEasyProbabilityView →
- Rolling until a high face, at a costEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Second roll beats the firstEasyProbabilityView →
- Two numbers in different groupsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Who wins the first head?EasyProbabilityView →
- First head on an even flipMediumProbabilityView →
- Product of two uniforms above a halfMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Sum versus twice the differenceMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Three dots on a squareMediumProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Variance of the longer pieceMediumProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Both sixes given at least oneEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & Expectation Premium
- The first die beats the secondEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & Expectation Premium
- Two heads given an even countEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & Expectation Premium
- Break-even half-spread from toxic flowMediumProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- Expected revenue of a Vickrey auctionMediumProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- Expected steps to first reach a levelMediumProbabilityStochastic Processes Premium
- Four distinct birth monthsMediumProbabilityCombinatorics Premium
- Sum of 10 with three diceMediumProbabilityCombinatorics Premium
- Two face cardsMediumProbabilityCombinatorics Premium
- Two reds in a row from a shrinking urnMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & Expectation Premium
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