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I sample p uniformly from [0,1] and flip a coin 100 times. The coin lands heads with probability p in each flip. Before each flip, you are allowed to guess which side it will land on. For each correct guess, you gain 1$, for each incorrect guess you lose 1$. What would your strategy be and would you pay 20$ to play this game?
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Quantitative Trader Intern

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4★
Mar 8, 2025

I sample p uniformly from [0,1] and flip a coin 100 times. The coin lands heads with probability p in each flip. Before each flip, you are allowed to guess which side it will land on. For each correct guess, you gain 1$, for each incorrect guess you lose 1$. What would your strategy be and would you pay 20$ to play this game?

Three games, you need to decide which one to play: 1) Throw a normal dice and take the square of the resulting value 2) Throw two dice and take the product of the results 3) Throw 5 dice and take the square of the mode.
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Quantitative Trader

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4★
Mar 13, 2025

Three games, you need to decide which one to play: 1) Throw a normal dice and take the square of the resulting value 2) Throw two dice and take the product of the results 3) Throw 5 dice and take the square of the mode.

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