Your finance background and reading list
Question
How much finance do you know, and which books on the subject have you read?
Short answer
Be honest about your level and specific about what you have studied. Name standard texts you have genuinely read (e.g. Hull, Joshi, Shreve, Wilmott) and be ready to discuss core ideas from them such as no-arbitrage pricing and Black-Scholes. Never list a book you cannot talk about, because follow-up questions are likely.
Adapted from Joshi, Denson & Downes, Quant Job Interview Questions and Answers, Q9.18, p.302; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.
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