Interview practice
DRW-style number sequences practice
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What this assessment looks like
A pattern-recognition screen: a list of numbers hiding a rule - arithmetic, geometric, alternating, second-order differences, or interleaved sequences - and you supply the next term before the clock runs out.
- First and second differences, ratios, and alternating patterns
- Interleaved sequences (two rules taking turns)
- Squares, cubes, primes and factorials recognised on sight
- Committing to an answer with seconds left
Train it here
- Sequence Sprint - Timed next-term sequences, exactly the assessment format.
- Arithmetic Drill - The raw calculation speed that sequence tests assume you already have.
Also reported at DRW
80-in-8 mental math · Probability & estimation · Market making · Quant developer coding
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Outcry is not affiliated with DRW and has no access to their assessment content. This page describes formats candidates publicly report, and the drills here train the underlying skills - they are not the firm’s questions.