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Case 1: Given APR, Interchange fee, Avg monthly balance, Avg spend every month, and loss rate of 3% calculate the profit per customer. Now justify if it is profitable to give cash back to the customers.. Case 2: 2 ways of campaigning for credit cards 1. Email - 10% of applicants become customers - each representative can verify 10 email applications in an hr and is paid $25/hr 2. Chat - 20% of applicants become customers - each representative can respond to 4 applications in an hr and is paid $25/hr Profit per customer in both the cases in $100. which one is profitable email or chat. Draw the graph of profit vs no of applicants Consider a scenario where there are only 5 representatives to handle applications. In this case which one is more profitable email or chat. calculate the breakeven point for the no of representatives where chat will be profitable than email.
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Senior Data Analyst

Interviewed at Capital One

Mar 17, 2016

Case 1: Given APR, Interchange fee, Avg monthly balance, Avg spend every month, and loss rate of 3% calculate the profit per customer. Now justify if it is profitable to give cash back to the customers.. Case 2: 2 ways of campaigning for credit cards 1. Email - 10% of applicants become customers - each representative can verify 10 email applications in an hr and is paid $25/hr 2. Chat - 20% of applicants become customers - each representative can respond to 4 applications in an hr and is paid $25/hr Profit per customer in both the cases in $100. which one is profitable email or chat. Draw the graph of profit vs no of applicants Consider a scenario where there are only 5 representatives to handle applications. In this case which one is more profitable email or chat. calculate the breakeven point for the no of representatives where chat will be profitable than email.

Lotteries are typically run by government agencies. Governments often use the funds for public school education, etc. 1. Why might people buy a lottery ticket? The lottery has 3 prize levels and when you buy a ticket you are put in contention for all 3 prize levels Odds: 1st : 1 in 10 million, the prize is 1 million 2nd :1 in 1000, the prize is 200 3rd :1 in 10, the prize is 5 dollars 2 million tickets are sold Tickets cost 2 dollars to buy 4 million in revenue from ticket sales 2. On average, how much should an individual expect to win from the lottery? 3. Is buying the lottery ticket a good deal for consumers? 4. How can the lottery attempt to sell more tickets? Let’s say, the lottery modifies its prize structure They decide to add an additional 4 million in prize money, split between the 2nd and 3rd options. This money is split collectively between all winners 1st :1 in 10 million, the prize is 1 million 2nd :1 in 1000, the prize is 200. There is also a 2 million prize which will be split collectively between the winners 3rd :1 in 10, the prize is 5 dollars. There is also a 2 million prize which will be split collectively between the winners 5. What is the collective value of a ticket now? 6. How many additional tickets does the lottery have to sell to break even on the money they put toward the new prizes? Assume, they’ve already broken even on the cost of the other lottery prizes. 7. Is it viable to sell that amount of additional tickets?
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Senior Business Analyst

Interviewed at Capital One

Nov 13, 2017

Lotteries are typically run by government agencies. Governments often use the funds for public school education, etc. 1. Why might people buy a lottery ticket? The lottery has 3 prize levels and when you buy a ticket you are put in contention for all 3 prize levels Odds: 1st : 1 in 10 million, the prize is 1 million 2nd :1 in 1000, the prize is 200 3rd :1 in 10, the prize is 5 dollars 2 million tickets are sold Tickets cost 2 dollars to buy 4 million in revenue from ticket sales 2. On average, how much should an individual expect to win from the lottery? 3. Is buying the lottery ticket a good deal for consumers? 4. How can the lottery attempt to sell more tickets? Let’s say, the lottery modifies its prize structure They decide to add an additional 4 million in prize money, split between the 2nd and 3rd options. This money is split collectively between all winners 1st :1 in 10 million, the prize is 1 million 2nd :1 in 1000, the prize is 200. There is also a 2 million prize which will be split collectively between the winners 3rd :1 in 10, the prize is 5 dollars. There is also a 2 million prize which will be split collectively between the winners 5. What is the collective value of a ticket now? 6. How many additional tickets does the lottery have to sell to break even on the money they put toward the new prizes? Assume, they’ve already broken even on the cost of the other lottery prizes. 7. Is it viable to sell that amount of additional tickets?

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