Junior Researcher Interview Questions

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HR Interview : Personality questions combined with some flash mental maths questions Technical Interview : You have a deck of 13 cards numbered 1 to 13, and you pick cards without replacement and sum them. What is the standard deviation of this game? Is it lower or higher than taking 3 cards with replacement?
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Junior Quant Researcher

Interviewed at Da Vinci Derivatives

4.5
Dec 1, 2025

HR Interview : Personality questions combined with some flash mental maths questions Technical Interview : You have a deck of 13 cards numbered 1 to 13, and you pick cards without replacement and sum them. What is the standard deviation of this game? Is it lower or higher than taking 3 cards with replacement?

brain teaser question on probability: there are two die rolls, and you can either roll the die once and win the amount in dollars or decide to roll it a second time and win the amount obtained in the second outcome. What is the expected value of the game?
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Junior Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at Squarepoint Capital

3.9
Mar 24, 2024

brain teaser question on probability: there are two die rolls, and you can either roll the die once and win the amount in dollars or decide to roll it a second time and win the amount obtained in the second outcome. What is the expected value of the game?

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