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The interview was purely technical. They ask questions from Linear Algebra, Calculus, Probs & Stats, ML, C++, finance etc. They will also see what you have on your resume and ask questions on that.
 
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No. But I am afraid that it's because my last recommendation was submitted in early April. And I haven't heard anything since then.
 
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Hello,
I had been waitlisted for UCB MFE, but have not had my interview yet. I have been asked to complete few courses first(Coursera coursers etc). What are the chances of converting the waitlist to Acceptance? Anyone who was in a similar position and has received an admit? Thank you.
 
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UCB asked you to complete coursera courses to become more eligible? Is this to fill gaps from undergrad?
 
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I'm not sure about this, but I think you will have to wait till at least the end of Round 3. The admitted students also get a pre-requisite checklist so don't worry, it is very much possible that you'll be interviewed soon. Just make sure that you are disciplined, are doing the courses and are sending them regular monthly updates. Good luck!
 
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Sudhansh Dua said:
I'm not sure about this, but I think you will have to wait till atleast the end of Round 3. The admitted students also get a pre-requisite checklist so don't worry that much, it is very much possible that you'll be interviewed soon. Just make sure that you are disciplined, are doing the courses and are sending them regular monthly updates. Good luck!
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Understand. Thank you for this.
 
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Gquant said:
Just giving an update that I got an admissions offer after being waitlisted. Good luck to all!
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Congratulations! A quick question, were you placed in waitlist, asked to complete some courses and had your interview pending?
 
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Becoming-Quant said:
The interview was purely technical. They ask questions from Linear Algebra, Calculus, Probs & Stats, ML, C++, finance etc. They will also see what you have on your resume and ask questions on that.
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Hi, I have an interview scheduled in the next couple of days. Could you recommend some resources you used to prepare for the technical portion?
 
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Hi, I have an interview scheduled in the next couple of days. Could you recommend some resources you used to prepare for the technical portion?
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All the above mentioned concepts can be found in a typical Quant Finance interview prep book mentioned in the thread below:
quantnet.com

Advice on Interview Books

Could someone please suggest the best book for quant interviews? From the best selling books list, I see there are books by Joshi, Crack, Wilmott, and Zhou. If you only have time to read one, which one would best prepare you for quant interviews? Furthermore, it seems that none of the books...
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I used the Zhou (a.k.a. the green book) btw.
Good luck. :)
 
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Sudhansh Dua said:
All the above mentioned concepts can be found in a typical Quant Finance interview prep book mentioned in the thread below:
quantnet.com

Advice on Interview Books

Could someone please suggest the best book for quant interviews? From the best selling books list, I see there are books by Joshi, Crack, Wilmott, and Zhou. If you only have time to read one, which one would best prepare you for quant interviews? Furthermore, it seems that none of the books...
quantnet.com quantnet.com

I used the Zhou (a.k.a. the green book) btw.
Good luck. :)
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I've been going through the green book, but its just puzzles. So I was confused as to what extent (depth) I should know each topic. Did you get into UCB btw? If yes, I'd love to know how you tailored your interview prep to your resume
 
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not sure how much you can do in only a couple of days but here's a broad outline of topics to prepare:

math
- linear algebra
- prob
- calculus

statistics + ml

finance

programming (python, c++, or whichever language you have experience in)

resume

i'd say projects on your resume should be of highest priority, if you can't answer questions about what's on your resume, you're unlikely to get selected

the next most important topics would be probability and statistics (this is where the green book will come in handy — it's just puzzles??? by that token all math is just puzzles!), then, based on how/what you answer, they can riff off on topics such as ml, related linear algebra or calculus

you will definitely get a question on programming, not super complicated but they will try and gauge if you have decent experience in coding (they're language-agnostic, at least in the interviews, but you'll have to learn python if you get admitted)

and then of least importance would be finance — they'll want to know if you have basic knowledge of, or interest in, the markets, they might also ask simple questions on options — black scholes, greeks and the like
 
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