FREE DIAGNOSTIC

Outcry IQ: Quant Readiness Diagnostic

A cognitive diagnostic for people pursuing quantitative finance. It answers three questions: where you stand against quant hiring standards, which track (trader, researcher, developer, risk) fits your profile, and what to do next. It is a readiness assessment, not an IQ test in the psychometric sense.

• 1. Numerical Pattern Recognition. 8 questions, 20 seconds each. Finish a sequence, name the constant a series approaches, or solve a ratio. When the clock runs out the question moves on.
• 2. Logical Reasoning Under Constraint. 6 puzzles, untimed (your time is recorded). Type the final number and a 2 to 3 sentence sketch of your reasoning. The sketch is saved for your review page, not scored.
• 3. Estimation & Fermi Reasoning. 4 prompts, 3 minutes each. Give a low tail and a high tail you are about 90% sure bracket the real answer, as the real assessments ask. The range scores by whether it catches the answer and how tight it is, and its middle is checked against the reference for order of magnitude.
• 4. Probabilistic Reasoning. 10 questions, 90 seconds each. Conditional probability, expected value, Bayesian updating and optimal stopping. Type a fraction (1/11), a decimal (0.0909) or a percentage (9.09%).
• 5. Reaction & Task Switching. Five rounds, about 3 minutes. Each round tells you what to tap: red, green, odd sums or even sums. The first two are single rules; the last three mix colours and sums and change the rule two or three times mid-round. Accuracy and speed both count.
• 6. Working Memory. One click-based test, Visual Memory: tiles flash, then you click the ones that lit. Required, and scored by the highest level you reach.

About 35 to 50 minutes in total. You can pause between sections and come back later. Questions are generated fresh each sitting and scored on the server. Results show 13 subskill scores with percentiles, your fit for four quant tracks, an overall readiness score, a growth plan for weak areas and worked solutions for every question. Free, no account, and it doesn’t count against your daily runs.