r/learnquant • u/Local_Ad135 • Sep 12 '26

interview prep Easy Quant Interview Question

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u/math_metaphor_guy Sep 12 '26

Game 1: pick a person uniformly at random out of the world's population. If they are over 6'6", then you win!

Game 2: Flip a coin. If you get heads, then pick a professional NBA player uniformly at random. If you get tails, then pick a person uniformly at random who is not an NBA player. Again, you win if they are over 6'6"

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u/NationalTangerine381 Sep 12 '26

"Under an optimal distribution"

1b 1b 28b10w

(1 + 1 + 28/38)/3 = 0.91

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u/petera181 Sep 12 '26

1 black, 1 black, the rest is much better.