The Library
Quant Interview Guides
The formats, the screens, and the skills, written the way a desk mentor would explain them. Every guide ends where the practice starts.
The Kelly Criterion in Quant Interviews
How the Kelly criterion shows up in quant interviews: the log-growth derivation, a worked 60/40 example, fractional Kelly, and the traps that sink candidates.
9 min read
Mental Math for Trading Interviews
The ten mental math techniques trading screens actually test, each with a worked example, plus negative-marking strategy and a 15-minute daily drill plan.
10 min read
The 4-Week Quant Interview Prep Roadmap
A four-week quant interview prep plan: daily probability and mental math drills, timed screens, firm-specific focus, mock loops, and checkpoints that matter.
10 min read
The IMC Sequences Test: Patterns and Practice
Every pattern family on the IMC sequences test with worked examples, a 10-second decision tree, trap sequences, and a regenerating practice simulator.
9 min read
The Jane Street Interview Process, Stage by Stage
What candidates report about Jane Street interviews: phone screens, market-making games, two worked probability examples, and how to prepare for each stage.
10 min read
The Optiver 80 in 8 Test, Explained
Optiver's 80 in 8 math test, explained: scoring with negative marking, the 2/3 confidence rule, pacing math, worked speed techniques, and a 3-week plan.
10 min read