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Something about the Kelly Criterion (can't remember the exact question but I have no idea how knowledge of this was implied for a DS). Google "time series rates of return kelly criterion" and look at the first link. I was asked basically everything on that post and then some.
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Deployment Strategist (Embedded Analyst)

Interviewed at Palantir Technologies

3.7★
Mar 2, 2013

Something about the Kelly Criterion (can't remember the exact question but I have no idea how knowledge of this was implied for a DS). Google "time series rates of return kelly criterion" and look at the first link. I was asked basically everything on that post and then some.

After floundering on the above question for a couple of minutes because you can't answer questions about the Kelly Criterion if you don't know what the Kelly Criterion is, I got this gem: You have daily total spending data for each of the 50 states for the last 3 years. Ie I know how much money changed hands in Montana, Nebraska, Utah, etc for every single day since Jan 1 2009. Design a strategy to make money. What statistical techniques would you use? What if the data is just random noise - can you really extrapolate? And so on and so forth.
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Deployment Strategist (Embedded Analyst)

Interviewed at Palantir Technologies

3.7★
Mar 2, 2013

After floundering on the above question for a couple of minutes because you can't answer questions about the Kelly Criterion if you don't know what the Kelly Criterion is, I got this gem: You have daily total spending data for each of the 50 states for the last 3 years. Ie I know how much money changed hands in Montana, Nebraska, Utah, etc for every single day since Jan 1 2009. Design a strategy to make money. What statistical techniques would you use? What if the data is just random noise - can you really extrapolate? And so on and so forth.

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