IMC Quant Interview Questions
IMC trading interviews combine quick mental math and number-sense assessments with probability and game-style questions that gauge how you reason about edge and risk.
94 questions tagged to IMC · 72 free to practise now.
Topics:ProbabilityExpected ValueCombinatoricsMarket Making & Betting GamesBrainteasersRandom Variables
- 1 before 2EasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- A limit by L'HôpitalEasyCalculusView →
- Aces in a five-card handEasyCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- Anagram checkEasyProgramming & DSAView →
- Ants on a triangleEasyProbabilityBrainteasersView →
- Asking around for a birthday matchEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- At least one 3EasyProbabilityView →
- Big-O of nested loopEasyProgramming & DSAView →
- Binary search invariantEasyProgramming & DSAView →
- Binary tree traversal orderEasyProgramming & DSAView →
- Bull spread payoffEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Correlation of X with aX+bEasyStatisticsView →
- Counting people from handshakesEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Covered call upside capEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Deduplicate a sorted arrayEasyProgramming & DSAView →
- Divisible by 3 or 5EasyCombinatoricsView →
- Dot productEasyLinear AlgebraView →
- Drawing a pairEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Even die, conditional meanEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Even productEasyProbabilityView →
- Even sum from two diceEasyProbabilityView →
- Exactly five headsEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Expected flips to first headEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Face card given a heartEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Fair price of a heads payoutEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Fair price of one rollEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Handshakes in a roomEasyCombinatoricsView →
- High die, conditional meanEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Hopping rabbitEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Inside the inner circleEasyProbabilityView →
- Limit of (1 + 1/n)^nEasyCalculusView →
- Lottery drawEasyProbabilityCombinatoricsView →
- Make a market on a coin's heads countEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Maximum of three uniformsEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Mean of an exponentialEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Merge two sorted arraysEasyProgramming & DSAView →
- Multiply by 7 with shiftsEasyProgramming & DSAView →
- No Poisson arrival in a windowEasyProbabilityStochastic ProcessesView →
- Normalizing a linear densityEasyRandom VariablesCalculusView →
- Partial derivative at a pointEasyCalculusView →
- Picking a committeeEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Pigeonhole by monthEasyCombinatoricsBrainteasersView →
- Power-of-two testEasyProgramming & DSAView →
- Present value at two yearsEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Probability of hitting an exact valueEasyProbabilityRandom VariablesView →
- Product of two diceEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Protective put worst caseEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Reading a z-scoreEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Reverse a singly linked listEasyProgramming & DSAView →
- Rolls to see a 6EasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Rope around the EarthEasyBrainteasersView →
- Round tableEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Scoops with repetitionEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Second card redEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Seeing both facesEasyExpected ValueView →
- Stack-based parenthesis matchingEasyProgramming & DSAView →
- SubsetsEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Sum of three diceEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Sum of two dice marketEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Summing normalsEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Three switches, one bulbEasyBrainteasersView →
- Triangles from pointsEasyCombinatoricsView →
- Two coins, at least one headEasyProbabilityConditional Probability & ExpectationView →
- Variance of a dice sumEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- Variance of an indicatorEasyRandom VariablesStatisticsView →
- What implied volatility isEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- What moves a call's valueEasyFinance & DerivativesView →
- Who wins the first head?EasyProbabilityView →
- 1000 bottles, one poisonedMediumBrainteasersView →
- Expected maximum of two diceMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- First head on an even flipMediumProbabilityView →
- de Méré's betMediumProbabilityMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Capturing the spreadMediumMarket Making & Betting Games Premium
- Clock hands overlapMediumBrainteasers Premium
- Correlation of overlapping sumsMediumRandom VariablesStatistics Premium
- Eight coins, one lightMediumCombinatoricsBrainteasers Premium
- Expected flips for HHTMediumExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Expected profit under a fair betting ruleMediumExpected ValueStochastic Processes Premium
- Fair price of a three-flip heads gameMediumProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- Forward price with dividendMediumFinance & Derivatives Premium
- Frog in the wellMediumBrainteasers Premium
- Limit of x^100 over e^xMediumCalculus Premium
- Make a market on a dieMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting Games Premium
- Mean value theorem for x^2MediumCalculus Premium
- Parlay combined oddsMediumProbabilityMarket Making & Betting Games Premium
- Pricing a digital die betMediumProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- Smallest pile for three then fourMediumBrainteasers Premium
- Sum of 10 with three diceMediumProbabilityCombinatorics Premium
- The missing dollarMediumBrainteasers Premium
- Three dots on a squareMediumProbabilityCombinatorics Premium
- Two reds in a row from a shrinking urnMediumProbabilityConditional Probability & Expectation Premium
- Variance of a waiting timeMediumRandom VariablesStatistics Premium
- When gamma is largestMediumFinance & Derivatives Premium
- Three-jug measuringHardBrainteasers Premium
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