Current crude oil price
Question
What is the price of oil at the moment?
Short answer
Quote the current Brent or WTI price per barrel, and say which. Brent is the main international benchmark and WTI the US one; know the approximate level, the recent direction and what is moving it (OPEC+ supply decisions, global demand, inventories, geopolitics). Checking this in the week of the interview is basic preparation.
Adapted from Joshi, Denson & Downes, Quant Job Interview Questions and Answers, Q9.24, p.304; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.
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