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Round #1: technical: regarding python programming, pandas library, groupby(), anonymous functions etc. Round #2: personal interpretation type questions: e.g., "you have orientation towards data science, why do you want to apply for quant developer role?" Some stupid riddles: how can one make 8 pieces out of a cake in three cuts?
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Fixed Income Quant Developer

Interviewed at CRISIL

3.8
May 24, 2021

Round #1: technical: regarding python programming, pandas library, groupby(), anonymous functions etc. Round #2: personal interpretation type questions: e.g., "you have orientation towards data science, why do you want to apply for quant developer role?" Some stupid riddles: how can one make 8 pieces out of a cake in three cuts?

A bucket contains an odd number of white marvels and a number of black marvels. Outside the bucket you have infinitely many black marvels. you repeat the following procedure: randomly pick 2 marvels from buck if at least one black put the black marvel outside the bucket and put the other one back into the bucket if both white, remove both from bucket and put one black into the bucket What color will the last one reaming in the bucket
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Quant

Interviewed at Kokomo Capital

1.7
Jun 4, 2015

A bucket contains an odd number of white marvels and a number of black marvels. Outside the bucket you have infinitely many black marvels. you repeat the following procedure: randomly pick 2 marvels from buck if at least one black put the black marvel outside the bucket and put the other one back into the bucket if both white, remove both from bucket and put one black into the bucket What color will the last one reaming in the bucket

CS questions... 1)what is incorrect in the following code (they already have something written on board) 2)what do you think the design of the following code (this is a different code than above) 3)explain me so and so project from your CV
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Quant Developer

Interviewed at Instinet

3.7
Aug 13, 2013

CS questions... 1)what is incorrect in the following code (they already have something written on board) 2)what do you think the design of the following code (this is a different code than above) 3)explain me so and so project from your CV

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