Interview Prep Calendar

Structured daily plans for each interview track

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Trading ยท Week 1 of 16

Probability Foundations

Dice, cards, Bayes, birthday paradox, and inclusion-exclusion โ€” 50%+ of every trading phone screen.

๐Ÿ“… Jul 15 โ€“ Jul 21โฑ 8.6h total ยท 0h done0/20 tasks
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Jul 15

0/3

70m

๐Ÿ“– study45m
Dice & Uniform Problems

CDF trick for E[max]. Geometric series for 'roll until'. Work all 3 examples.

โšก practice20m
Prob Drill โ€” 10 questions (90s timer)

Focus on dice questions. Aim for streak of 3.

Tuesday

Jul 16

0/3

65m

๐Ÿ“– study45m
Cards & Combinatorics

C(n,k), hypergeometric, 'at least one' complement trick.

โšก practice15m
Higher or Lower card game

Fast Bayesian updating under pressure.

๐Ÿ”ฅ drill5m
Zetamac โ€” 5 min

Wednesday

Jul 17

0/3

85m

๐Ÿ“– study55m
Conditional Probability & Bayes

2ร—2 tables. Monty Hall. Medical testing. Mandatory.

โšก practice25m
Mock Interview โ€” 5 probability q's (120s each)

Talk out loud. Rate yourself.

๐Ÿ”ฅ drill5m
Zetamac โ€” 5 min

Thursday

Jul 18

0/3

80m

๐Ÿ“– study40m
Birthday Paradox & Coupon Collector

k โ‰ˆ 1.177โˆšn for 50% collision. E = nยทH(n) for coupon.

๐Ÿ“– study35m
Inclusion-Exclusion & Derangements

D(n) โ‰ˆ n!/e. Complement for 'at least one'.

๐Ÿ”ฅ drill5m
Zetamac โ€” 5 min

Friday

Jul 19

0/3

100m

๐Ÿ“– study55m
Markov Chains & Absorbing States

HH puzzle. State equations. Stationary distribution.

โšก practice30m
Prob Drill โ€” 15 questions (full session)

All probability. Push for streak of 5+.

๐Ÿ” review15m

Write 5 key formulas from memory

E[max dice], coupon, gambler's ruin, geometric E, derangement probability.

Saturday

Jul 20

0/3

80m

โšก practice40m
Mock Interview โ€” 10 probability questions

All difficulty levels. Strict 90s timer.

๐Ÿ“– study30m
Clock Puzzles & Number Theory

Clock angle formula. Last-digit cycles. Fermat's theorem.

Sunday

Jul 21

0/2

35m

๐Ÿ˜ด rest20m

Rest & consolidate

Light review of week 1. No new material.

โšก practice15m
Coin Flip Patterns game

Conway's algorithm โ€” important for sequence questions.

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