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You are expected to have a good idea of the greeks for vanilla options, not only shapes and signs but relative magnitudes to the underlying, so you can hedge a sequence of market shocks mentally and fast. They gave me no paper or pencil :)
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Algo Trader

Interviewed at Goldman Sachs

3.7
Jan 8, 2013

You are expected to have a good idea of the greeks for vanilla options, not only shapes and signs but relative magnitudes to the underlying, so you can hedge a sequence of market shocks mentally and fast. They gave me no paper or pencil :)

Round 1. Questions like: 64 players playing knock-out tennis tournament, lily pad doubles every day, it takes 28 days to cover the lake, how many days are needed to cover half of the lake Round 2. Regular HR quesions plus mental math like 18*22, 247/13 and etc
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Graduate Trader

Interviewed at Mako Trading Group

3.7
Aug 24, 2025

Round 1. Questions like: 64 players playing knock-out tennis tournament, lily pad doubles every day, it takes 28 days to cover the lake, how many days are needed to cover half of the lake Round 2. Regular HR quesions plus mental math like 18*22, 247/13 and etc

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