Quant Interview Questions #1 | Bayes Theorem

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Step-by-step walkthrough of a technical interview question involving an application of Bayes Theorem.

Suitable for Quantitative Researcher, Quantitative Developer, Desk Quant and Data Scientist technical interviews

Question:
John takes an STD test, and the test is advertised as being 99% accurate. If you have a STD, you will test positive 99% of the time and if you do not have it, you will test negative 99% of the time.If 1% of all people have this STD and John tests positive, what is the probability of John having the disease?

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
7:58 - Interviewer follow-up question

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