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If there is a certain % chance of oil in a field, and oil is worth so and so much, and the land is worth this much without oil on it, what is me expected earnings from sale. (You can find it exact under other questions around the same search)
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Assistant Trader

Interviewed at Susquehanna International Group

3.8★
Mar 5, 2012

If there is a certain % chance of oil in a field, and oil is worth so and so much, and the land is worth this much without oil on it, what is me expected earnings from sale. (You can find it exact under other questions around the same search)

1. find me the angle between the hour and minute hand on the old clock if the time is 14:20 2. If my 3 chickens layed 3 eggs in 3 days. How many eggs would 9 chickens lay in 9 days 3. If I wrote down the numbers 1 to 200 on a piece of paper, how many times would the digit 2 appear 4. the probability of raining on saturday is 0.4, and sunday is 0.5: A. What is the probabaility of raining at least once during the weekend if the events are independent B. If there's positive correlation between the days, how will the answer A change C. given that there can be any sort of correlation between the days. tell me the maximum and minimum to the answer of A 5. the value of a treasure chest is worth uniformly distributed between 1-1000. You can bid any price. If the bidding price is lower than the value, nothing happens. If the bidding price is higher than the value, you must purchase ti at the bidding price, and also have the option to resell it at 1.5 times its original value. What is your strategy
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Assistant Trader

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4★
Oct 7, 2014

1. find me the angle between the hour and minute hand on the old clock if the time is 14:20 2. If my 3 chickens layed 3 eggs in 3 days. How many eggs would 9 chickens lay in 9 days 3. If I wrote down the numbers 1 to 200 on a piece of paper, how many times would the digit 2 appear 4. the probability of raining on saturday is 0.4, and sunday is 0.5: A. What is the probabaility of raining at least once during the weekend if the events are independent B. If there's positive correlation between the days, how will the answer A change C. given that there can be any sort of correlation between the days. tell me the maximum and minimum to the answer of A 5. the value of a treasure chest is worth uniformly distributed between 1-1000. You can bid any price. If the bidding price is lower than the value, nothing happens. If the bidding price is higher than the value, you must purchase ti at the bidding price, and also have the option to resell it at 1.5 times its original value. What is your strategy

You are given a die with 100 sides. One side has 1 dot, one has 2 dots and so on up until 100. You are given a chance to roll the die and, however many dots come up, you can choose to (a): take that many dollars, or (b): pay $1 and roll again. You can continue to reroll as many times as you see fit, but you only keep the money of the one roll that you choose to end with. What is the optimal strategy and expected value?
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Assistant Trader

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4★
Jun 8, 2014

You are given a die with 100 sides. One side has 1 dot, one has 2 dots and so on up until 100. You are given a chance to roll the die and, however many dots come up, you can choose to (a): take that many dollars, or (b): pay $1 and roll again. You can continue to reroll as many times as you see fit, but you only keep the money of the one roll that you choose to end with. What is the optimal strategy and expected value?

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