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The brainteaser was a variation of the 100 coins and 5 pirates. There were 6 pirates instead. So the premise is that there are 6 pirates and you are the captain. You must divide the coins. If 50% of the people rebel against your allocation, they kill you and the process starts again. What is the optimal allocation?
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Quantitative Analyst

Interviewed at D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm

3.9
Nov 1, 2013

The brainteaser was a variation of the 100 coins and 5 pirates. There were 6 pirates instead. So the premise is that there are 6 pirates and you are the captain. You must divide the coins. If 50% of the people rebel against your allocation, they kill you and the process starts again. What is the optimal allocation?

Suppose you are given a cube, you break the cube in 3X3X3 pieces. However, before doing so, all 6 faces of the cube were colored green. All the other faces not colored green will be white after breaking it up. You randomly pick a small cube and see one face which is green. What is the probability that the cube is an edge cube?
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at Susquehanna International Group

3.8
Oct 2, 2019

Suppose you are given a cube, you break the cube in 3X3X3 pieces. However, before doing so, all 6 faces of the cube were colored green. All the other faces not colored green will be white after breaking it up. You randomly pick a small cube and see one face which is green. What is the probability that the cube is an edge cube?

You have a total of 4 investments to make of 100 dollars. You can either invest in a stock which if it goes up in value, you gain an additional 100 dollars, if it goes down, you lose 50 dollars. Or you can bet on whether the stock will go up or down at the casino, where you either win 100 if you're right or lose everything if not. Can you devise a strategy where you will always make a profit?
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at Susquehanna International Group

3.8
Jul 10, 2018

You have a total of 4 investments to make of 100 dollars. You can either invest in a stock which if it goes up in value, you gain an additional 100 dollars, if it goes down, you lose 50 dollars. Or you can bet on whether the stock will go up or down at the casino, where you either win 100 if you're right or lose everything if not. Can you devise a strategy where you will always make a profit?

1. How do you simulate stock price with VBA? 2. Std.=? 3. VaR=? 4. Three doors, it takes you 1 minute to go through the first door, it also takes you 1 minute to go through the second door, it make your speed slow down 1/2 after going through third door. Only the first door is the right way to go out. You choose each door with the equal probability. How much time will you go out in expectation? 5. You have n 1-meter long ropes, and you could connect two nodes together n-1 times. What is the probability for you to finally get a whole n-meter long rope without rings?
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Associate - Quantitative Research

Interviewed at JPMorganChase

3.9
Jan 24, 2016

1. How do you simulate stock price with VBA? 2. Std.=? 3. VaR=? 4. Three doors, it takes you 1 minute to go through the first door, it also takes you 1 minute to go through the second door, it make your speed slow down 1/2 after going through third door. Only the first door is the right way to go out. You choose each door with the equal probability. How much time will you go out in expectation? 5. You have n 1-meter long ropes, and you could connect two nodes together n-1 times. What is the probability for you to finally get a whole n-meter long rope without rings?

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