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Consider a random walk on a discrete grid of 11 points (0 through 10). Supposed you have equal probabilty of stepping up or down. If you reach either 10 or 0 you must stop. If you start at point 6, what is the probability that you arrive at 10 before you arrive at 0?
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Quantitative Analyst

Interviewed at Goldman Sachs

3.7
Oct 31, 2012

Consider a random walk on a discrete grid of 11 points (0 through 10). Supposed you have equal probabilty of stepping up or down. If you reach either 10 or 0 you must stop. If you start at point 6, what is the probability that you arrive at 10 before you arrive at 0?

2) A. 10 ropes, each one has one red end and one blue end. Each time, take out a red and a blue end, make them together. Repeat 10 times. The expectation of the number of loops. B. 10 ropes, no color. All the other remains the same.
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Quantitative Researcher Summer Intern

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Apr 18, 2011

2) A. 10 ropes, each one has one red end and one blue end. Each time, take out a red and a blue end, make them together. Repeat 10 times. The expectation of the number of loops. B. 10 ropes, no color. All the other remains the same.

If you are playing tennis and are at deuce with your rival, how would you choose to proceed? There are two options: keep playing deuce rule until you or your rival wins. Or you play 3 mini points rule, who win 2 points wins the game. Assume you winning rate is 0.7 i.i.d at each point, which rule would you pick?
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at Susquehanna International Group

3.8
Oct 26, 2016

If you are playing tennis and are at deuce with your rival, how would you choose to proceed? There are two options: keep playing deuce rule until you or your rival wins. Or you play 3 mini points rule, who win 2 points wins the game. Assume you winning rate is 0.7 i.i.d at each point, which rule would you pick?

Given three bowls, one with two blue balls, one with two red balls, and one with a red ball and a blue ball, what is the probability of pulling a blue ball from the same bowl given that you have already pulled one blue ball from that bowl?
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at Hudson River Trading

4.1
Apr 9, 2021

Given three bowls, one with two blue balls, one with two red balls, and one with a red ball and a blue ball, what is the probability of pulling a blue ball from the same bowl given that you have already pulled one blue ball from that bowl?

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