Level 6: Interview classics

The famous trading-floor and quant-screen puzzles — strategy, encoding, optimal stopping, and game-theoretic backward induction.

36 problems

First 5 free · rest Premium

  1. 1

    100 Prisoners and 100 Boxes

    ●●●●●Expert~12 min

  2. 2

    Two Burning Ropes

    ●●●○○Medium~5 min

  3. 3

    Two Eggs, 100 Floors

    ●●●●○Hard~8 min

  4. 4

    1000 Bottles, One Poisoned

    ●●●●○Hard~7 min

  5. 5

    The Pirate Game

    ●●●●●Expert~10 min

  6. 6

    Dice Game with an Optional Re-roll

    ●●●○○Medium~5 min

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  7. 7

    The Blue-Eyed Islanders

    ●●●●●Expert~12 min

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  8. 8

    Prisoners and Hats: the Parity Trick

    ●●●●○Hard~8 min

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  9. 9

    The 100 Lockers

    ●●●○○Medium~6 min

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  10. 10

    Twelve Coins, One Fake

    ●●●●●Expert~12 min

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  11. 11

    How Often Do Clock Hands Overlap?

    ●●○○○Easy~4 min

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  12. 12

    Three Switches, One Bulb

    ●●●○○Medium~5 min

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  13. 13

    The Josephus Problem

    ●●●●○Hard~9 min

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  14. 14

    Ant on a Cube

    ●●●○○Medium~7 min

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  15. 15

    25 Horses, 5 Tracks

    ●●●●○Hard~8 min

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  16. 16

    Crossing the Bridge with One Torch

    ●●●○○Medium~6 min

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  17. 17

    Paying with a Gold Bar

    ●●●○○Medium~6 min

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  18. 18

    Measuring 4 with a 3 and a 5

    ●●●○○Medium~5 min

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  19. 19

    The Game of Nim

    ●●●●○Hard~9 min

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  20. 20

    The Coin-Placing Game

    ●●●○○Medium~6 min

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  21. 21

    The Prisoners and the Lightbulb

    ●●●●●Expert~12 min

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  22. 22

    Splitting Coins Blindfolded

    ●●●●○Hard~7 min

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  23. 23

    Fair Cake Division

    ●●●○○Medium~6 min

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  24. 24

    Twenty Questions

    ●●○○○Easy~4 min

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  25. 25

    The Mislabeled Jars

    ●●●○○Medium~5 min

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  26. 26

    Nine Balls, One Heavy

    ●●●○○Medium~5 min

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  27. 27

    The Mutilated Chessboard

    ●●●○○Medium~5 min

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  28. 28

    Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage

    ●●●○○Medium~6 min

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  29. 29

    Knights and Knaves

    ●●●○○Medium~5 min

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  30. 30

    Hats in a Circle — Guarantee One Correct

    ●●●●○Hard~7 min

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  31. 31

    Russian Roulette: Spin or Not?

    ●●●○○Medium~6 min

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  32. 32

    The King's Wise Men

    ●●●●○Hard~8 min

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  33. 33

    The Camel and the Bananas

    ●●●○○Medium~7 min

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  34. 34

    Cheryl's Birthday

    ●●●●○Hard~8 min

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  35. 35

    The Unexpected Hanging

    ●●●○○Medium~6 min

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  36. 36

    The Handshake Lemma

    ●●○○○Easy~4 min

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