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bearingIf you can't answer this question on your own as a senior in college gunning for a finance job I recommend that you really reconsider your choice of career path.

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OP, this is the most open-ended question they could ask you. There are the real answers, the answers you could justify, the bullshit you could justify, they stuff you'd say from class, etc. There is really no way that you should not be able to answer this question as an adult.

in it 2 win it
 
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bearingIf you can't answer this question on your own as a senior in college gunning for a finance job I recommend that you really reconsider your choice of career path.

+1

OP, this is the most open-ended question they could ask you. There are the real answers, the answers you could justify, the bullshit you could justify, they stuff you'd say from class, etc. There is really no way that you should not be able to answer this question as an adult.

Dudes I didn't say that I can't answer it on my own. But, like you said, it's the most open-ended question, I want to see people's different opinions.

 

If you're older than 19 and can't answer this question, I strongly suggest becoming a nun

"Look, you're my best friend, so don't take this the wrong way. In twenty years, if you're still livin' here, comin' over to my house to watch the Patriots games, still workin' construction, I'll fuckin' kill you. That's not a threat, that's a fact.
 

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