Investment Strategy Analyst Interview Questions
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Investment Strategy Analyst interview questions shared by candidates
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.
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1/3
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1/3 Because if he requires 2 heads = $2, then it means he require HH out of {HH,HT ,TH,TT} We cannot consider TT because it would turn to zero. Therefore, he has 1 chance out of 3. Hence 1/3. Less
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Marchov chain with 2 and -1 absorbing OR geometric series 1/4^n from 1 to inf=1/3 Less
Investment Strategy Analyst was asked...23 September 2022
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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Answer them all in the STAR method.
PWM - Investment Strategy Analyst was asked...12 September 2012
PWM Investment Strategy Group, Analyst was asked...6 January 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?
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((1/2) ^ 100 ) * ( 100! / ( 60! * 40 ! ) )
Analyst, Strategy & Investment was asked...22 January 2016
How would you go about creating a media plan for [advertiser X] to reach [demographic Y] that has exhibited [Z browsing/purchasing behavior]?
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It's more about your thought process, the types of investigating questions you ask, and how you approach the task rather than giving a 100% correct answer Less
how will you write an editing software? it should allow users to insert and delete characters in O(1) time complexity.
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