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Brain teasers 1. If you have 8 monkeys (and one is slightly heavier than the rest) how many goes are needed to determine the heavy monkey? What if you had 27 monkeys? or if you had x goes how many monkeys could you work with? 2. Estimate how many lakes are in Canada? 3. if you had a deck of 52 cards in which all the card were red on one side and black on the other. If 32 cards were facing up red and 20 black to begin with, how would you divide the cards into two groups with the same number of black cards in each group whilst blindfolded? Write an equation which demonstrates this relationship? 4. If we were to play a game of double or quits starting with €1 how many games in a row would you need to win before you become a millionaire?
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Trading Operations Analyst

Interviewed at Virtu Financial

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Nov 16, 2016

Brain teasers 1. If you have 8 monkeys (and one is slightly heavier than the rest) how many goes are needed to determine the heavy monkey? What if you had 27 monkeys? or if you had x goes how many monkeys could you work with? 2. Estimate how many lakes are in Canada? 3. if you had a deck of 52 cards in which all the card were red on one side and black on the other. If 32 cards were facing up red and 20 black to begin with, how would you divide the cards into two groups with the same number of black cards in each group whilst blindfolded? Write an equation which demonstrates this relationship? 4. If we were to play a game of double or quits starting with €1 how many games in a row would you need to win before you become a millionaire?

They asked several questions about my experience and career preferences, which made the process feel like a two-way conversation rather than just an evaluation. It helped ensure that the role was a good fit for both sides.
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Senior Quantitative Engineer (Trading)

Interviewed at Tibber

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May 29, 2025

They asked several questions about my experience and career preferences, which made the process feel like a two-way conversation rather than just an evaluation. It helped ensure that the role was a good fit for both sides.

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