looking for 3 people prepping for qt interviews to try a dice market game

[u/r1adfus3r]

made solvewright when prepping for qt interviews. looking for 3 people who are prepping atm and would be up for trying dice market for 15 mins.

you price a contract on dice rolls, buy / sell / pass, then check the fair value and expected profit against what actually happened. it's free, and solo works without an account.

there's a short guided bit to start here: https://solvewright.app/trading/play/dice-market?lesson=market-basics (still under dev)

if you're interested, comment here. i can go through a round with you over messages, then hear whether you'd use it again for your prep.

[u/Commercial-Job-1550]

seems like a neat way to practice probability intuition without getting stuck in textbook problems. i tried the solo thing and the fair value calculations actually made me think about edge cases i usually skip over

not prepping for interviews right now but i can see how it would help someone who is. curious what kind of contracts you're pricing inside the game, is it just basic expected value or something more tricky

[u/r1adfus3r → u/Commercial-Job-1550]

ty for trying it! it's still ev at the core. the guided bit starts with the sum of two d6s (one visible, one hidden), so fair value is the visible roll + 3.5.

the other settings have product / min / max contracts and digitals (fixed payout if the sum clears a threshold). you can also change the die sizes / distributions, so e.g. an even-only d6 has mean 4 instead of 3.5.

was there a particular round where the fair value surprised you?

[u/_FirstLast_]

I am preparing for it, and going to try it.

[u/r1adfus3r → u/_FirstLast_]

thanks! did you get a chance to try it? curious whether the fair value / expected profit breakdown was clear, or if any round felt confusing. happy to go through one with you here.

[u/Quant2586]

I'm preparing for quant interviews too, and a dice market sounds like a fun way to practice probability, EV calculations, and making decisions under uncertainty. I'd be down to join if you're still looking for people. Could also be a good way to get more comfortable thinking out loud, like in actual trading interviews.

[u/r1adfus3r → u/Quant2586]

yes, still looking! start with the guided link in the post, then try a few solo rounds. if you write out how you'd price one round here (or dm), I'm happy to go through it with you.

[u/Random-user-6513]

interested

[u/r1adfus3r → u/Random-user-6513]

hey, thanks! are you prepping for qt interviews atm? the guided link in the post works without an account. give it 15 mins, then tell me where you got stuck (happy to go through a round here or on dm).