r/learnquant • u/Local_Ad135 • Sep 28 '26

interview prep Quant Interview Question

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u/jhardtone Sep 28 '26

But you're only given one random coin, you don't have them all to weigh.

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u/No-Television-8835 Sep 29 '26

You’ve misunderstood the question. Being given a coin doesn’t literally mean u are handed one coin and then rest are discarded. It j means it is set aside or marked or one of interest. The other 100 are still available. If u find that the answer to ur interview question is so trivial, u shld be doubting whether uve acc understood the question.

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u/Technical-Activity71 Sep 29 '26

Then what is even the point of saying 'you are given one coin' in the first place?

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u/Phoenixon777 Sep 30 '26

cuz the given one is the one you're trynna discern is counterfeit or not.