Jane Street

Interview Question

Quantitative Trading Interview
Jane Street

You roll a 6-sided die and a 10-sided die. I will pay you the sum of the numbers on the dice only if you correctly guess the sum before the roll. What number should you guess to maximize your expected payout?

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