1. What is it called when an interviewer asks an applicant to open a high-rise window that can't be opened in a job interview?
(a) Trapped rat syndrome.
(b) The stress interview.
(c) Exit analysis.
(d) Hazing.

2. What sort of dogs are the favorite of the British royal family?
(a) Poodles.
(b) Welsh terriers.
(c) Corgis.
(d) Dachsunds.

3. What is the name stockbrokers give to the day in 1976 when fixed stock brokerage commissions ended?
(a) Blue Monday.
(b) A green Christmas.
(c) Mayday.
(d) Black Friday.

4. From what school does Leonard Bublick, the trainee who gets hit in the head with a paper wad thrown by the former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, get his M.B.A.?
(a) University of Indiana.
(b) Yale.
(c) University of Iowa.
(d) Oberlin.

5. Where does the important dinner that the author is invited to take place?
(a) Tintagel.
(b) St. James Palace.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Lewis gets more experience at Salomon Brothers, he realizes that an inexplicable aspect of studying to be an investment banker is that _______ serves no function in an investment bank.

2. In any market, as in any poker game, there is a ______.

3. Wall Street has a river at one end and a ______ at the other.

4. The front-row people in the Salomon Brothers training program are generally from which business school?

5. What is the name of an interview technique designed to test an applicant's nerve?

(see the answer key)

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