interview with MS for quant PhD associate position

Ive been invited to a 1 hour phone interview with MS for a position in the PhD quant sales & trading Fixed Income division.

My invite mentioned that they'd want to ask 3-4 math and finance questions during the interview. Does anyone know what these would be on, or which areas they would focus on?

Also, does anyone know what other questions they ask of candidates for the phd positions.

Thank you

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you are going to get a lot of brain teasers expect a lot of derive a formula for ..X. also gunna get hit with a few on the spot no paper multiplication division addition subtraction gunna get hit with some really hard but at same time simple stat problems you might get asked to factor some big numbers and again a lot of brain teasers

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just about your resume, fit questions blah blah blah normal useless****

 

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