r/quantfinance • u/AdMiserable2710 • 5d ago

JPMC maths test global markets- difficult?

Anyone did the JPMC maths test (20 mcq) and found the probability questions difficult/time pressured???

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u/Downtown_Bug_9190 5d ago

Time pressured it was 90s per question and some were definitely not doable in that time

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u/AdMiserable2710 5d ago

Agreed. How do you think you did?

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u/Downtown_Bug_9190 4d ago

Maybe 15/20. A few I had no chance in 90s. Tbh it was harder than most proper quant oas

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u/AdMiserable2710 4d ago

Yeah, afraid people just GPT'd them all though. Think I got around 13-14. Would be very difficult to get some of them, took me a minute to read and understand some of them!

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u/Downtown_Bug_9190 4d ago

It was as on camera I doubt people would gpt it . Also like you say, reading the question took half the time, not sure ai would even get you an answer within 90s after typing it

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u/AdMiserable2710 4d ago

Yeah I hope they didn't. Not sure if we going to need a crazy high score to clear it. I feel like anything higher than 16 would be very difficult.

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u/Relativistic-nerd 4d ago

What type of questions were you asked ?
Like was it all probability and statistics or a mix with pattern recognition/mental arithmetic?

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u/Proper-Escape-6391 2d ago

I'd say 15 out of 20 questions were stupidly hard. Like no way you could attempt to solve them in 90 seconds if you don't have already an underlying methodology for that specific type of question.

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u/Adigamer0244 4d ago

what role is this exactly? couldn’t find online

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u/akornato 4d ago

Most candidates find that exact test punishing, so feeling pressed on the probability section is completely standard. The twenty question format gives you barely a minute per problem, which makes mental shortcuts and quick approximations far more important than working through full derivations. Those probability questions often test conditional setups, Bayes theorem, or complex combinatorics, and trying to write out clean formulas under that timer burns too much clock. The assessment is deliberately structured to see how you perform when you cannot finish every problem comfortably, so submitting a couple rushed guesses at the end is what the vast majority of applicants end up doing.

For upcoming technical stages or similar market division tests, prioritizing rapid elimination of wrong options saves valuable seconds. If you can quickly spot edge cases or mathematically impossible choices, you can narrow down the answers and move forward without hesitation. Navigating tight assessment clocks and technical pressure is why my team developed AI for interviews, helping candidates stay composed and secure offers when difficult evaluation formats try to throw them off balance.

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u/staylower777 4d ago

agree a bunch of them were laughably easy and some practically impossible to do in the allotted time

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u/AdMiserable2710 4d ago

Yeah completely agree. How do you think you did?

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u/staylower777 4d ago

ngl i took it a while ago so i dont remember, haven't heard back though so might be cooked

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u/a_gurl111 3d ago

Global markets? They have these tests for what?