I was asked a question like this in interview,can anyone help?

I was asked to design a structure product or derivative to arbitrage. anybody can introduce me such a product and its mechanism? thanks in advance

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Holy crap, do you mind saying where you got this type question. Thats a pretty fancy little question to be asking. Are exotic options even taught in schools?

Fortunately I know the big equity structured product types from my days at UBS.

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