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$10 bet between you and me. At any time during the game, I can ask to double it. If you accept we both put in another $10 and if you win, you win the $20 and if you lose, you lose it all. If you reject, you lose the initial $10. What is the minimum probability you would take to accept the double?
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Junior Trader

Interviewed at Susquehanna International Group

3.8★
May 10, 2020

$10 bet between you and me. At any time during the game, I can ask to double it. If you accept we both put in another $10 and if you win, you win the $20 and if you lose, you lose it all. If you reject, you lose the initial $10. What is the minimum probability you would take to accept the double?

About my background, why I was considering their company, etc. There are 20 red balls, 30 green balls, 10% of the red balls have candies inside, 20% of the green ones have candies inside. Given that you picked a ball and it has candy, what is the probability that its green? How does the duration of a bond change with changes in the interest rate? How does volatility affect the delta of an option?
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Junior Relative Value Arbitrage Trader

Interviewed at TransMarket Group

4.1★
Oct 17, 2016

About my background, why I was considering their company, etc. There are 20 red balls, 30 green balls, 10% of the red balls have candies inside, 20% of the green ones have candies inside. Given that you picked a ball and it has candy, what is the probability that its green? How does the duration of a bond change with changes in the interest rate? How does volatility affect the delta of an option?

1st round brain teasers #1 two type of socks in a drawer, how many times do you need to take a sock from the drawer to have a matching pair? #2 one stick and one match, takes 60min to burn (non-homogenously), how can you calculate 30min? #3 you ride to shop (1km away) at 30km/h, at which speed should you drive back to reach average of 60km/h? #4 how to go from the bottom of a cube to the other upper end in the shortest way?
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Trader

Interviewed at TransMarket Group

4.1★
Jan 26, 2021

1st round brain teasers #1 two type of socks in a drawer, how many times do you need to take a sock from the drawer to have a matching pair? #2 one stick and one match, takes 60min to burn (non-homogenously), how can you calculate 30min? #3 you ride to shop (1km away) at 30km/h, at which speed should you drive back to reach average of 60km/h? #4 how to go from the bottom of a cube to the other upper end in the shortest way?

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