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Fit questions: Why do you want to be a trader? Why should/shouldn't we hire you? Math: 1. Flip a fair coin 8 times. What's the probability that the number of heads is a multiple of 3? 2. You mentioned on your resume that your favorite author is David Foster Wallace. Estimate the number of copies of Infinite Jest that have been read cover to cover. 3. You have a 2x1x1 brick. Define the distance between two points on the brick to be the infimum of the lengths of all paths between them on the brick. What is the maximum possible distance between two points on the brick?
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Intern

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4★
Feb 22, 2016

Fit questions: Why do you want to be a trader? Why should/shouldn't we hire you? Math: 1. Flip a fair coin 8 times. What's the probability that the number of heads is a multiple of 3? 2. You mentioned on your resume that your favorite author is David Foster Wallace. Estimate the number of copies of Infinite Jest that have been read cover to cover. 3. You have a 2x1x1 brick. Define the distance between two points on the brick to be the infimum of the lengths of all paths between them on the brick. What is the maximum possible distance between two points on the brick?

Two people each bids a number before throwing a 30 faced die. Whoever gets closer to the number wins and wins the amount of money equal to the number they throw. e.g I bid 15 and you bid 16. the die lands on 10 then i win 10 from you. What's the best strategy and the expected payoff.
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Trader Intern

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4★
Oct 21, 2013

Two people each bids a number before throwing a 30 faced die. Whoever gets closer to the number wins and wins the amount of money equal to the number they throw. e.g I bid 15 and you bid 16. the die lands on 10 then i win 10 from you. What's the best strategy and the expected payoff.

We are racing, and can at any time signal to the other that we would like to double our bet. We've put down 100 to start and during the race I signal to you I want to double the bet, What is the minimum probability of winning for you to accept to continue?
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Intern

Interviewed at Susquehanna International Group

3.8★
Mar 20, 2013

We are racing, and can at any time signal to the other that we would like to double our bet. We've put down 100 to start and during the race I signal to you I want to double the bet, What is the minimum probability of winning for you to accept to continue?

3) Poker. 26 red, 26 black. Take one every time, you can choose to guess whether it’s red. You have only one chance. If you are right, you get 1 dollar. What’s the strategy? And what’s the expected earn?
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Quantitative Researcher Summer Intern

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4★
Apr 18, 2011

3) Poker. 26 red, 26 black. Take one every time, you can choose to guess whether it’s red. You have only one chance. If you are right, you get 1 dollar. What’s the strategy? And what’s the expected earn?

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