Quantitative Risk Analyst Interview Questions

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OLS, linear regression assumption, which assumption is the most important one? How would you explain MLE to a novice, MLE for logit regression, derive BS formula, how does merton uses option pricing theory for modelling probability of default....there were a lot of questions but they wanted to see that you know what you are talking about, that you are really familiar and experienced with the topics. No super hard maths questions like for a quant role. The interviewer told me itself, we are looking for 33% consultant 33% mathematician and 33% programmer....a blend....
Sep 3, 2016

OLS, linear regression assumption, which assumption is the most important one? How would you explain MLE to a novice, MLE for logit regression, derive BS formula, how does merton uses option pricing theory for modelling probability of default....there were a lot of questions but they wanted to see that you know what you are talking about, that you are really familiar and experienced with the topics. No super hard maths questions like for a quant role. The interviewer told me itself, we are looking for 33% consultant 33% mathematician and 33% programmer....a blend....

What are your strengths and weaknesses? What did you like least about your last job? What was the last project you headed up, and what was its outcome? Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it?
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Quantitative Risk Analyst

Interviewed at Santander

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Oct 19, 2015

What are your strengths and weaknesses? What did you like least about your last job? What was the last project you headed up, and what was its outcome? Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it?

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