birdwatcher (
birdwatcher) wrote2012-03-02 06:21 pm
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Interviewer: Scenario. It’s January 1. You can invest in the stocks that make up the S&P 500. How do you guarantee that you will outperform the index by December 31?
Candidate: (extended silence, no idea)
Interviewer: Think about it statistically. And remember the S&P is market-cap weighted.
Candidate: … I have no idea…
Interviewer: Really? Think about it.
Candidate: (more painful silence) … Sorry, no clue.
Interviewer: Don’t buy the stocks that go down!
Candidate: Ah.
Candidate: (extended silence, no idea)
Interviewer: Think about it statistically. And remember the S&P is market-cap weighted.
Candidate: … I have no idea…
Interviewer: Really? Think about it.
Candidate: (more painful silence) … Sorry, no clue.
Interviewer: Don’t buy the stocks that go down!
Candidate: Ah.
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Candidate: I want to be a consultant because I like helping companies.
Interviewer: I wish our work were always that inspiring. Sometimes we have to propose hard things too... (trailing off, feigning sensitivity).
Candidate: Oh, you mean firing people? I know about that. I saw Up In the Air.
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http://www.economist.com/node/17848665
Только гарантировать, конечно, нельзя ничего.
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