questions on probability distribution and statistics like when which distribution is used and to find the standard deviation of any function . when poison distribution is used what is shape of the curve.
Quantitative Trader Interview Questions
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-Describe 2008 financial crisis -Asked me a question regarding bernoulli distribution -If a car went around a lap at an average of 100 mph, how fast does it need to go around the 2nd time to average 200 mph?
If you couldn't use the model you used for predicting returns, what would have you chosen?
Why do you want to work in quant trading?
Never gotten an interview unfortunately.
Explain LeadLag estimation, could it be used in same pair with different venues
Using an excel spreadsheet, calculate the number of flips of an unbiased coin to reject the null hypothesis with a 10% significance. (You have 10 mins to work it out then record your screen and explain your answer in 3 mins)
How to generate random numbers from a Gaussian distribution?
Write a function to compute the max drawdown of any time series of PnL's.
Describe your past trading experience and your familiarity with statistical analysis
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