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Brainteasers from Bill Gross
I wonder how provoking are these "insights" from Bill Gross dated April 13th, 2017. Brainteasers... https://www.janus.com/insights/bill-gross-investm…
Brainteasers during interviews
So, we all know that brainteasers are basically FUCKING BULLSHIT AND POINTLESS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH A CANDIDATE'S ABILITY TO DO THE JOB Given this, how often are they asked during summer analyst interviews? Full time analyst interviews? All input is appreciated.
MS final round interview question: DCF me a typical starbucks down the street!
Hi guys, a friend of mine got this final round interview question at MS, which I find quite though - I would be glad if anyone would give it a try: "Let's say we want to value the Starbucks down the street (ie it has about 2000 square feet or 180 square meters of size, one cashier, middle of...
am I in the wrong industry if I have this weakness?
I'm not interested in a trading career but I want to pursue a career that is market related so I felt I could get the best responses in this forum section. It seems that more and more interviews contain brainteasers and mental math. An interview can be going great but I completely screw these up....
Can't get a straight answer to these questions
With young people these days, you can't get a straight answer to very simple questions. Like these questions: 1. What happens if you remove the wall from Wall Street ? 2. What would happen if Morgan Stanley dropped the ball on GS and why ? 3. If you were a song, which song would you be ? (Actual...
Actual Wall Street (trader) Interview questions
Here's two brainteasers for you: 1. (Don't read this one you are easily offended): How can three men and one woman have mutually safe heterosexual intercourse with just two condoms ? Assume that no condom can break or leak, and that you cannot wash a used one. 2. A rock is dropped from the top of...
Who would have thought brainteasers were useful?!?!
Haha. Who would have ever thought that a brainteaser might actually be useful?!? Come to find out the one about ping pong balls is actually used...at least at Ford. http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/21/how-does-ford-… Regards
Monday Braintease - Two ropes
Good morning monkeys. Its Monday and time to get your brain back into the swing of things. Silver bananas for whoever gets the correct answer first as well as those who explain the thought process to get the right answer well. You have two ropes, each of which takes 1 hour to burn. But either rope...
Math question: how can you express max in terms of abs val?
How can you express the max function in terms of the absolute value function? max(x,y) = ??? You can use arithmetic operators like (*, +, -, /).
Trade support interview questions?
I have an interview coming up for a trade support position. Can someone elaborate on what type of questions they might throw at me? I really want the job and would like to be as prepared as possible. Right now, I'm reviewing my international finance textbook (swaps, forwards, options, etc.) and...
Brainteaser Interview Q - How many bars are there in the IU.S.?
I was looking at all kinds of brainteaser questions, one of them was "How many bars are there in the U.S.?" How would you guys approach this question? Pls no answers like, 'i'll look it up on google' or any of those sorts.
Answering Brainteasers
I'm currently reviewing the brainteasers in Crack's book in case any come up in interviews. When you are asked a brainteaser and you already know the answer, how do you go about answering the question in the interview? Do you tell the interviewer you're familiar with the question and work it out...
brainteasers - tools/time ??
In a typical interview, how long does the interviewee have to answer a brainteaser problem? - is it appropriate to use pen/paper?
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