Trainee Trader Interview Questions

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Trader

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Feb 25, 2014

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1. Sum of two normal dice. You want to get as close to the actual number as possible. What would be your strategy? What’s the expected value of that? 2. How sure are you? 3. Would you bet … against …? For example, would you bet 5 pounds for your answer being right. If you get it correct, you get back 20 pounds. etc. (They worked out so that using your confidence in question 2, the expected value of the gambling game in question 3 is exactly 0)
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Assistant Trader

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Jan 9, 2013

1. Sum of two normal dice. You want to get as close to the actual number as possible. What would be your strategy? What’s the expected value of that? 2. How sure are you? 3. Would you bet … against …? For example, would you bet 5 pounds for your answer being right. If you get it correct, you get back 20 pounds. etc. (They worked out so that using your confidence in question 2, the expected value of the gambling game in question 3 is exactly 0)

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