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Three variables have pairwise correlations 0.5, 0.3 and -0.3. A fourth variable is added. What is the largest possible sum of its correlations with the three?
10 months ago
Create a linked list. Then write a function that swaps the positions of two nodes in it.
5 years ago
What is the most unreasonable thing you have ever done?
10 hours ago
You backtested a trading strategy that did very well, but in live trading it keeps losing money. What would you do?
10 hours ago
Which machine learning methods have you used, and what are their pros and cons? What are ensemble methods, and how do boosted tree methods work?
10 hours ago
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Cars pass a roadside according to an exponential distribution. You see the first after sitting for x minutes and the second after sitting for y minutes. Estimate the parameter.
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Implement a vector<T, N> in C++ that keeps up to N elements in storage on the stack and moves to heap storage once it holds more than N.
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Given a non-negative integer, return the largest number that can be formed by rearranging its digits. Example: 318 gives 831.
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What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
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Find the first occurrence of a given value in a sorted list.
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What is the expected value of a geometric distribution with success probability p?
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Design a linked list class.
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Implement a decorator in Python.
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Explain smart pointers, std::forward and RAII in C++.
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Implement a hash map.
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You get a compressed archive of log files and must report how many entries failed and how many nearly failed, with no status field. How do you explore, define failure and count?
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Parse a spec that chains tasks serially with commas and in parallel with braces and semicolons, and output every nested call expression it expands to.
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Jump Trading Interview Questions

Three variables have pairwise correlations 0.5, 0.3 and -0.3. A fourth variable is added. What is the largest possible sum of its correlations with the three?

Create a linked list. Then write a function that swaps the positions of two nodes in it.

What is the most unreasonable thing you have ever done?

You backtested a trading strategy that did very well, but in live trading it keeps losing money. What would you do?

Which machine learning methods have you used, and what are their pros and cons? What are ensemble methods, and how do boosted tree methods work?

Cars pass a roadside according to an exponential distribution. You see the first after sitting for x minutes and the second after sitting for y minutes. Estimate the parameter.

Implement a vector<T, N> in C++ that keeps up to N elements in storage on the stack and moves to heap storage once it holds more than N.

Given a non-negative integer, return the largest number that can be formed by rearranging its digits. Example: 318 gives 831.

What is the difference between TCP and UDP?

Find the first occurrence of a given value in a sorted list.

What is the expected value of a geometric distribution with success probability p?

Design a linked list class.

Implement a decorator in Python.

Explain smart pointers, std::forward and RAII in C++.

Implement a hash map.

You get a compressed archive of log files and must report how many entries failed and how many nearly failed, with no status field. How do you explore, define failure and count?

Parse a spec that chains tasks serially with commas and in parallel with braces and semicolons, and output every nested call expression it expands to.

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