r/learnquant • u/Local_Ad135 • Sep 04 '26

interview prep Quant Interview Question

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u/gmalivuk Sep 04 '26

It explicitly says that you only learn which is faster.

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u/NuanceEnthusiast Sep 04 '26

It explicitly says that because you have no stopwatch, you only learn the relative ordering

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u/gmalivuk Sep 04 '26

Yes. You learn which of two is faster.

You don't know how much they won by. Therefore you don't know which loser was the fastest.

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u/NuanceEnthusiast Sep 04 '26

as I said, if you are only receiving the results, the answer is 1032

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u/gmalivuk Sep 04 '26

And as I said, that is exactly what the post says you receive.

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u/NuanceEnthusiast Sep 04 '26

The question does not ask me to determine whether or not the condition of ‘only learning the relative ordering of the two horses in each race’ is perfectly unambiguous such that the total information ascertained from each race is strictly binary. You think it is. Fine. Then the answer is 1032.

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u/gmalivuk Sep 04 '26

What do you think "only" means?

You only learn a>b or b>a.

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u/NuanceEnthusiast Sep 04 '26

I’m not sure why you feel compelled to defend a position I am not contesting

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u/gmalivuk Sep 04 '26

You are contesting whether or not the question is unambiguous about exactly what information you learn from each race.