Quantitative Research Associate Interview Questions

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Define a random variable, conditionnal expectation, independency of r.v. What is a Lasso/Ridge regression ? What is a PCA ? what is the main hypothesis ? What is Monte Carlo ? Monte Carlo with rejection sampling ? What optimisation algorithms was I able to explain ? What are bayesian statistics ?
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Off Cycle In Quantitative Research

Interviewed at J.P. Morgan

3.9
Nov 9, 2015

Define a random variable, conditionnal expectation, independency of r.v. What is a Lasso/Ridge regression ? What is a PCA ? what is the main hypothesis ? What is Monte Carlo ? Monte Carlo with rejection sampling ? What optimisation algorithms was I able to explain ? What are bayesian statistics ?

I was asked to do a case study, e.g there's a company whose main competitor's profit margin is outpacing our company. Here I was asked to start asking the relevant questions that would give me information necessary to solve the company's problem.
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Quantitative Risk Analyst

Interviewed at Aegon

3.5
Nov 8, 2021

I was asked to do a case study, e.g there's a company whose main competitor's profit margin is outpacing our company. Here I was asked to start asking the relevant questions that would give me information necessary to solve the company's problem.

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