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Lot of questions on my background and prior work-ex (8-9 years), generic talk about research process, alpha construction/performance .. in round 1 In round 2 ... as i mentioned very negative experience as i was asked to disclose my sources of alpha and the measurable output from them
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Quantitative Research Analyst

Interviewed at Squarepoint Capital

3.9★
Apr 6, 2020

Lot of questions on my background and prior work-ex (8-9 years), generic talk about research process, alpha construction/performance .. in round 1 In round 2 ... as i mentioned very negative experience as i was asked to disclose my sources of alpha and the measurable output from them

1. Sum of list of list - find sum of elements in cols and rows in all previous index. 2. if event X is getting 2 in a dice and if event Y is getting 3 in a dice, what is the covariance of X and Y if the dice is rolled 6 times. 3. If the head is thrown it is 1 and if the tail is thrown it is 2. After every throw, if you sum the values . What is the probability of getting 100 as sum at one point.
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at Squarepoint Capital

3.9★
Jan 21, 2022

1. Sum of list of list - find sum of elements in cols and rows in all previous index. 2. if event X is getting 2 in a dice and if event Y is getting 3 in a dice, what is the covariance of X and Y if the dice is rolled 6 times. 3. If the head is thrown it is 1 and if the tail is thrown it is 2. After every throw, if you sum the values . What is the probability of getting 100 as sum at one point.

Given three time series data X, Y, Z, build a model of X in terms of Y and Z. It turns out that X, Y, Z are just independent Brownian motions. (I wasn't allowed to plot them in advance to see this) Need to check ACF I think
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at Squarepoint Capital

3.9★
Dec 5, 2020

Given three time series data X, Y, Z, build a model of X in terms of Y and Z. It turns out that X, Y, Z are just independent Brownian motions. (I wasn't allowed to plot them in advance to see this) Need to check ACF I think

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