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A math/logic question i.e. you are a manager in charge of 200 employees and have 100 hours to do so. If each time you check on an employee, their productivity increases by a certain amount (a schedule is given), what's the best number of times to check on employees.
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Research Associate

Interviewed at Bridgewater Associates

3.7
Feb 22, 2019

A math/logic question i.e. you are a manager in charge of 200 employees and have 100 hours to do so. If each time you check on an employee, their productivity increases by a certain amount (a schedule is given), what's the best number of times to check on employees.

You have a path of length n. You flip a coin, if heads move one space and if tails move two spaces. You keep flipping until you reach the end. If P(i) is the probability of landing on space i, for what value of i is P(i) maximized?
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at DRW

4.3
Apr 1, 2020

You have a path of length n. You flip a coin, if heads move one space and if tails move two spaces. You keep flipping until you reach the end. If P(i) is the probability of landing on space i, for what value of i is P(i) maximized?

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