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1. what is the expected times of tossing the coins to get three heads in a row? (smart way is to use Markov process ) 2. sinx + x - 1 = 0, does the solution exist ? if yes, why it has solution and what is it. (I said the solution is close to be pi/2 by observing) 3. sth about ordinary least square, collinearity 4. one simple ODE question, what boundary conditions required to solve Y'' = 0 5. what algorithm used to find the first element greater than target in a sorted array ? The answer is binary search, you don't need to provide code. 6. There is another coding problem which I forgot.
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Interviewed at Wells Fargo

3.5
Jan 10, 2019

1. what is the expected times of tossing the coins to get three heads in a row? (smart way is to use Markov process ) 2. sinx + x - 1 = 0, does the solution exist ? if yes, why it has solution and what is it. (I said the solution is close to be pi/2 by observing) 3. sth about ordinary least square, collinearity 4. one simple ODE question, what boundary conditions required to solve Y'' = 0 5. what algorithm used to find the first element greater than target in a sorted array ? The answer is binary search, you don't need to provide code. 6. There is another coding problem which I forgot.

We are playing a game in which there is a 20 sided dies and we are total 100 chances. In each chance we can either choose to collect the number or roll the dice. Our motive is to have the maximum possible collected number at the end of hundred chances so what will be the strategy to do so.
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Quant Trader Intern

Interviewed at Barclays

4
Mar 18, 2024

We are playing a game in which there is a 20 sided dies and we are total 100 chances. In each chance we can either choose to collect the number or roll the dice. Our motive is to have the maximum possible collected number at the end of hundred chances so what will be the strategy to do so.

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