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1) 100 ants are uniformly placed on a [0,1] line, and they randomly travel toward either 0 or 1. When one collides with the other, they exchange directions. Assuming that each ant travels at the speed of 1 per hour, how long would it take for the last ant to reach the either end? 2) What is E(exp(Wt)), E((Wt)^4),... where Wt is a standard Brownian? 3) What is a martingale? Is E(Wt^2-t) a martingale? why? 4) How would you simulate a covariance matrix of 1,000 stocks where each pair has nonzero correlation? 5) Write down a black-scholes equations. What is delta, and how does it change when it approaches the maturity?
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Quantitative Research Associate

Interviewed at JPMorganChase

3.9
Mar 9, 2017

1) 100 ants are uniformly placed on a [0,1] line, and they randomly travel toward either 0 or 1. When one collides with the other, they exchange directions. Assuming that each ant travels at the speed of 1 per hour, how long would it take for the last ant to reach the either end? 2) What is E(exp(Wt)), E((Wt)^4),... where Wt is a standard Brownian? 3) What is a martingale? Is E(Wt^2-t) a martingale? why? 4) How would you simulate a covariance matrix of 1,000 stocks where each pair has nonzero correlation? 5) Write down a black-scholes equations. What is delta, and how does it change when it approaches the maturity?

0. Walk me through your CV and describe your Ph.D. research. 1. Given two independent Bernoulli distributions what is the joint probability mass function. The correlator should be zero since they are independent, if it is given they are correlated with a coefficient \rho, how to calculate the joint probability mass function. 2. NumPy questions related to masking. 3. What are mutable and immutable objects in python? 4. Give some examples of discrete and continuous probability distributions. 5. What is the complexity of the sorting algorithm?
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at J.P. Morgan

3.9
Aug 18, 2021

0. Walk me through your CV and describe your Ph.D. research. 1. Given two independent Bernoulli distributions what is the joint probability mass function. The correlator should be zero since they are independent, if it is given they are correlated with a coefficient \rho, how to calculate the joint probability mass function. 2. NumPy questions related to masking. 3. What are mutable and immutable objects in python? 4. Give some examples of discrete and continuous probability distributions. 5. What is the complexity of the sorting algorithm?

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