Cheesy Stories, Please.

So what has sparked your interest in the financial services industry?

Note: Not a specific "why ibanking/s&t" question. I already used the search feature on those. I'm looking for good cheesy ones such as "when I played the stock market game in 7th grade......"

Thanks and looking forward to the replies!

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Old copies of the Economist in my father's study.

Word of warning: do not use any such "cheese" examples in a formal interview. Apologies if this is obvious to all; included for the sake of full disclosure.

 

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