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You have scales and 9 identically looking balls, 8 of them have the same weight and the 9th is heavier. How many times do you need to use the scales to find the heavier one. Now suppose you're allowed to use the scales 3 times. What is the maximum number of balls as above, among which you can find the heavier one. What is the answer if you're allowed to use the scales n times. The other question I was asked has already been mentioned here.
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Trading Operations Analyst

Interviewed at Virtu Financial

4
Dec 5, 2015

You have scales and 9 identically looking balls, 8 of them have the same weight and the 9th is heavier. How many times do you need to use the scales to find the heavier one. Now suppose you're allowed to use the scales 3 times. What is the maximum number of balls as above, among which you can find the heavier one. What is the answer if you're allowed to use the scales n times. The other question I was asked has already been mentioned here.

A king wants to hold a party, for which he has 8 kegs of wine, one of which he knows is poisoned. If someone consumes any of the poisoned wine, he will drop dead in exactly one months time. The king has 3 servants who have volunteered their lives to test the kegs of wine. What is the shortest amount of time in which the king can identify which keg of wine is poisoned and dispose of it so he can hold the party.
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Trading Intern

Interviewed at Susquehanna International Group

3.8
Feb 11, 2014

A king wants to hold a party, for which he has 8 kegs of wine, one of which he knows is poisoned. If someone consumes any of the poisoned wine, he will drop dead in exactly one months time. The king has 3 servants who have volunteered their lives to test the kegs of wine. What is the shortest amount of time in which the king can identify which keg of wine is poisoned and dispose of it so he can hold the party.

Warm-up question: You have a six-sided dice, and you will receive money that equals to sum of all the numbers you roll. After each roll, if the sum is a perfect square, the game ends and you lose all the money. If not, you can decide to keep rolling or stop the game. If your sum is 35 now, should you keep play?
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Trading Intern

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Feb 26, 2015

Warm-up question: You have a six-sided dice, and you will receive money that equals to sum of all the numbers you roll. After each roll, if the sum is a perfect square, the game ends and you lose all the money. If not, you can decide to keep rolling or stop the game. If your sum is 35 now, should you keep play?

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