Bearing in mind that none of the example models would be what actually gets done, it was not a bad article for someone starting uni to read and get an idea of Q

Bearing in mind that none of the example models would be what actually gets done, it was not a bad article for someone starting uni to read and get an idea of Quant funds though? Companies will continue to use old and well worn questions, and variations on the themes, in order to test candidates statistical intuition. Note that the interview questions asked for every job are just as standard and game-able. I was surprised he didn't even mention the kinds of programming languages that would be useful.