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First round: "Why is the logistic regression model considered linear?" Online Assessement: The programming questions consisted of multiple choice choose the R code chunk that produces this given data result. No DSA leetcode style questions were asked. Final round: "Can you tell me about a time when you had to communicate something complex to layman stakeholders?" "Can you tell me about a time when you dealt with a conflict in a team?" Questions about decisions made during feature selection and about handling class imbalance in the models used.
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Quantitative Analyst

Interviewed at Wells Fargo

3.5
Apr 4, 2025

First round: "Why is the logistic regression model considered linear?" Online Assessement: The programming questions consisted of multiple choice choose the R code chunk that produces this given data result. No DSA leetcode style questions were asked. Final round: "Can you tell me about a time when you had to communicate something complex to layman stakeholders?" "Can you tell me about a time when you dealt with a conflict in a team?" Questions about decisions made during feature selection and about handling class imbalance in the models used.

1. You are the captain of a submarine. You have two torpedoes . Each torpedo hits a ship independently with probability 1/3. What's the probability you will hit a ship? 2. Write down a sorting algorithm using the language which you are familiar with. 3. Teamwork 4. Describe geometric brownian motion and a mean-reverting stochastic process 5. Compare European options and Asian options, which one has higher value?
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Quantitative Analyst Intern

Interviewed at Irish Life

3.8
Feb 23, 2017

1. You are the captain of a submarine. You have two torpedoes . Each torpedo hits a ship independently with probability 1/3. What's the probability you will hit a ship? 2. Write down a sorting algorithm using the language which you are familiar with. 3. Teamwork 4. Describe geometric brownian motion and a mean-reverting stochastic process 5. Compare European options and Asian options, which one has higher value?

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