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by tristanm
September 1st, 2010, 6:07 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Headhunters asking for past interviews?
Replies: 3
Views: 24949

Headhunters asking for past interviews?

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: mynetselfHi everyone,so I have been talking to various headhunters lately and every now and then one would ask about past interviews and who was the interviewer. What's going on with this? Some of them say it's to avoid unnecessaey efforts by applying to the same places...
by tristanm
July 31st, 2010, 12:51 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Final answer from Recruitment Agency?
Replies: 12
Views: 26875

Final answer from Recruitment Agency?

Some institutions are just very slow. One place I interviewed with took two months ot get back to me, by which time I'd found a job elsewhere.
by tristanm
May 11th, 2010, 4:02 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Probability and Programming Question
Replies: 2
Views: 31612

Probability and Programming Question

3. Think very carefully about the ownership of the data it's pointing to before you do anything.
by tristanm
March 8th, 2010, 3:05 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Simple Random Walk
Replies: 10
Views: 35517

Simple Random Walk

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: wileyswcvkmndfv, your answer is curiously interesting:it's easy to see from avishalom's answer that the stopping time is not a geometric random variable with 1/4 prob of A appearing, rather it's a scaled version, i.e., the steps can only be even and the prob of going ba...
by tristanm
February 26th, 2010, 12:00 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Newborns brainteaser
Replies: 18
Views: 41078

Newborns brainteaser

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: marvasCan someone restate the question. Are we asking for the probability the baby born is a boy or probability of a random child from that ward being a boy?The probability that a random child picked from the ward is a boy, given that there are 2 boys, 3 girls and one u...
by tristanm
February 24th, 2010, 10:08 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Is my professor is incompetent
Replies: 15
Views: 34225

Is my professor is incompetent

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: listMore interesting is the next question. You wish to buy option and you could not borrow anywhere and therefore you do not know and do not care whether risk free r exist, but you have sufficient amount cash to buy it. Does the option have a price in this “arbitrageles...
by tristanm
February 24th, 2010, 12:39 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Starting base salary on applications
Replies: 2
Views: 30618

Starting base salary on applications

<t>I've been applying for entry-level positions, and a few have asked me to specify base salary expectations on the application. However the info I've gathered on starting salaries has quite a high variance - some have said it can be £35-50k, others £50-60k for FO position, maybe slightly less for h...