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Suppose that you have a fair coin. You start with $0. You win 1$ each time you get a head and loose $1 each time you get tails. Calculate the probability of getting $2 without getting below $0 at any time.
Apr 11, 2012

Suppose that you have a fair coin. You start with $0. You win 1$ each time you get a head and loose $1 each time you get tails. Calculate the probability of getting $2 without getting below $0 at any time.

- First questions were on my Master's Thesis subject (The use of Fourier Transform to price options) - Rank the following underlyings by order of volatility: EUR/USD, GSCI, SX5E, Bond - Describe the patterns of the probability distribution functions of the returns for each of the above underlyings. -Some questions on the Greeks - Central Limit Theorem - I flip a coin 100 times, what is the probability of having 60 heads?
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PWM Investment Strategy Group, Analyst

Interviewed at Goldman Sachs

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Jan 6, 2013

- First questions were on my Master's Thesis subject (The use of Fourier Transform to price options) - Rank the following underlyings by order of volatility: EUR/USD, GSCI, SX5E, Bond - Describe the patterns of the probability distribution functions of the returns for each of the above underlyings. -Some questions on the Greeks - Central Limit Theorem - I flip a coin 100 times, what is the probability of having 60 heads?

Describe a time you made a mistake and you had to admit to it? Describe a time you tried your hardest but still failed? Why AIG? Can you name a time and there was a conflict in a group setting and how it was handled? Walk me through your resume/tell me about yourself?
Jan 19, 2021

Describe a time you made a mistake and you had to admit to it? Describe a time you tried your hardest but still failed? Why AIG? Can you name a time and there was a conflict in a group setting and how it was handled? Walk me through your resume/tell me about yourself?

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