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ExecutionStart here. 4 questions · ~33 min
Your Strengths and WeaknessesEasy

Give a specific, self-aware account of your strengths and weaknesses, supported by relevant examples and improvement actions.

Trade-offsSuccess CriteriaExecutionWeiss Asset Management
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Strategy12 questions · ~100 min
Why You Want to Work HereEasy

Explain why Baird, its Research platform, and the Research Analyst role align with your experience and long-term goals.

Product-Market Fitbrand cultureBusiness AcumenWeiss Asset Management
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Machine Learning4 questions · ~33 min
Bias-Variance Tradeoff in PracticeMedium

Explain the bias-variance tradeoff and how it guides model choice, regularization, and generalization performance.

Cross-ValidationBias-Variance TradeoffRegularizationWeiss Asset Management
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Statistics & Probability12 questions · ~100 min
Expected Flips for Two HeadsMedium

Compute the expected waiting time to see two consecutive heads when flipping a fair coin.

DistributionsExpected ValueConditional ProbabilityWeiss Asset Management
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SQL & Data Manipulation4 questions + 3 drills · ~63 min
Trade Execution Anomaly DetectionMedium

Tests your ability to detect and prioritize anomalies in trade execution data using a clear, systematic approach.

Data Wranglingtransactionsanomaly detectionWeiss Asset Management
Monthly Fusion Team Adoption SummaryMedium
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Use joins, a CTE, CASE, and date functions to summarize monthly Autodesk Fusion team activity and paid-seat adoption.

Data ManipulationExcelFinancial AnalysisAutodesk
Technical Excel FunctionsEasy
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Return the latest response for each Excel function question using a left join and row numbering.

Data Manipulationtechnical skillsexcel functionsAlvarez & Marsal
Top Purchases Per CategoryMedium
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Use ROW_NUMBER and a user join to find the three highest completed AARP Rewards purchases per user category.

Data AnalysissqltransactionsAARPInsight GlobalSony
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Finance & Accounting6 questions · ~50 min
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More topics8 questions · ~67 min
Evaluating Beyond AccuracyHard

Explain how to evaluate a model using metrics, validation, calibration, and error analysis beyond accuracy.

model performanceevaluation metricsPrecisionWeiss Asset Management
Debugging Your CodeMedium

Tests your practical debugging workflow and ability to isolate and fix issues efficiently.

coding practicestechnical skillsDebuggingWeiss Asset Management
Cash Allocation ApproachMedium

Evaluates thinking around allocating cash and balancing competing objectives.

Financial AnalysisWeiss Asset Management
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