Approaching these types of quant application questions?

How do you prefer to follow the movement in the stock market?

- Daily

-Weekly

-Monthly or Longer
 

At any given time, how many stocks do you follow?

-less than 5

-6 to 10

-more than 10

I'm assuming they want to see shorter timeframes? Any other thoughts?

Feels like I have to mind-read the interviewer here.

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