Quantitative Operations Associate Interview Questions

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You have two decks of cards: a 52 card deck (26 black, 26 red) and a 26 card deck (13 black, 13 red). You randomly draw two cards and win if both are the same color. Which deck would you prefer? What if the 26 card deck was randomly drawn from the 52 card deck? Which deck would you prefer then?
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Nov 12, 2015

You have two decks of cards: a 52 card deck (26 black, 26 red) and a 26 card deck (13 black, 13 red). You randomly draw two cards and win if both are the same color. Which deck would you prefer? What if the 26 card deck was randomly drawn from the 52 card deck? Which deck would you prefer then?

a deck of pokers. Three choices: A: 26 black, 26 Red; B: 13 black, 13 Red; C: random 26 card from the deck. Take the first two cards, if same color, the win $1, otherwise lose $1. Which deck is best for you if you are playing? Why? How to do simulations? How to draw the random pile of 26 cards?
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Quantitative Research

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Oct 1, 2012

a deck of pokers. Three choices: A: 26 black, 26 Red; B: 13 black, 13 Red; C: random 26 card from the deck. Take the first two cards, if same color, the win $1, otherwise lose $1. Which deck is best for you if you are playing? Why? How to do simulations? How to draw the random pile of 26 cards?

How many digits in (100)^10 Strategy for winning one dollar for every heads in 100 throws of coin toss. What question would you ask if you could ask one question to the person who knows the entire seq of the 100 coin tosses
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Quantitative Trader

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Jul 9, 2015

How many digits in (100)^10 Strategy for winning one dollar for every heads in 100 throws of coin toss. What question would you ask if you could ask one question to the person who knows the entire seq of the 100 coin tosses

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