Macquarie interviews 1/30, 1/31
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on 1/30/08 at 6:45pm
just wondering if anyone had it today. how did it go? what did you think?





Had mine. Nice guys. I
Had mine. Nice guys. I think I did extremely well but then again it was really pretty easy. Got the following questions:
-There is a company trading at around 44. Fortress announced a cash offer for 64 a share. After the shares moved to this price, they now trade in the mid 40's again. Explain how risky a merger arbitrage this would be and explain the low price as well.
-Define standard deviation and calculate it for the numbers 1,2,3,4,5
-In a game where you must pick 4 sports games correctly in order to get a payout of 10 to 1, otherwise no payoff, what is the expected value and would you play this game?
-Why Macquarie?
-Describe your background and interest in finance
wow, no
wow, no brainteasers/guesstimates?
yeah there was one. forgot
yeah there was one. forgot what it was though.
Could you go through the
Could anyone go through the answer for those? Those are interesting questions they asked you, are you a stat major?
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thanks for the feedback. i
thanks for the feedback. i don't think i did too well. i was worried about brainteasers and questions about their types of transactions. instead it was all about my experience within the oil and gas industry. i felt i presented myself well. he caught me tip toeing around a question and made me give a simple answer, dont know if i was right. I may have stumbled a bit during easy questions (all the questions were easy and only i am to blame). im chalking this one up to experience, dont think i have much chance at a 2nd round, but you never know. good luck to everyone else.
also i lost the associates business card on the subway. (white guy, i have the asian guys info) can anyone pm me his contact info.
Yeah I just got my invite
Yeah I just got my invite for 2nd rounds (following a successful psychometric test). Doubt I know which white guy it was either. Sorry.