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There are 1000 buckets, one of them contains poison, the rest are filled with water. They all look the same. If a pig drinks that poison it will die within in 30 mins. What is the minimum amount of pigs you need to figure out which bucket contains the poison.
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Trading Analyst

Interviewed at Accuen

2.9
Jul 13, 2011

There are 1000 buckets, one of them contains poison, the rest are filled with water. They all look the same. If a pig drinks that poison it will die within in 30 mins. What is the minimum amount of pigs you need to figure out which bucket contains the poison.

You have three barrels. One barrel is filled with apples, one with oranges, and one with both apples and oranges. Each barrel is mislabeled. You can take out as many fruit as you like form each barrel and look at it. What is the minimum number of fruits you need to remove to correctly label the barrels?
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Trading Intern

Interviewed at Wolverine Trading

4.6
Feb 21, 2012

You have three barrels. One barrel is filled with apples, one with oranges, and one with both apples and oranges. Each barrel is mislabeled. You can take out as many fruit as you like form each barrel and look at it. What is the minimum number of fruits you need to remove to correctly label the barrels?

The dice game mentioned above: You roll a 100-sided die. You can choose to accept the value of this roll for $x, where x is the value showing. You can choose to re-roll the die for $1. What is the strategy you employ and what is the fair value of the game?
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Trading Intern

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Oct 8, 2012

The dice game mentioned above: You roll a 100-sided die. You can choose to accept the value of this roll for $x, where x is the value showing. You can choose to re-roll the die for $1. What is the strategy you employ and what is the fair value of the game?

Roll a fair dice, if it's a prime number, you pay me that number times $100, if it's not a prime number, I pay you that number times $100. Consider 1 as a prime number. How much willing to pay to play this game.
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Trading Assistant

Interviewed at Chicago Trading Company

3.5
Feb 20, 2012

Roll a fair dice, if it's a prime number, you pay me that number times $100, if it's not a prime number, I pay you that number times $100. Consider 1 as a prime number. How much willing to pay to play this game.

You and I play a game. There are two dice, one ten sided and the other six sided, you guess the sum of the numbers after I roll them. If your guess is correct, you get the sum of the numbers in dollars, else you get nothing. How would you make the best guess?
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Trading

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Jan 24, 2014

You and I play a game. There are two dice, one ten sided and the other six sided, you guess the sum of the numbers after I roll them. If your guess is correct, you get the sum of the numbers in dollars, else you get nothing. How would you make the best guess?

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