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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only other employee at the first startup Wiener works at besides Wiener who was not also a founder?

2. Which coworker of Wiener's did she make many new friends through?

3. What did Wiener's co-workers tell her about the data analytics company's CTO?

4. What field did Wiener's new boyfriend work in?

5. In Part II, who tried to set Wiener up on a date?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wiener think, but not say, in response to the analytics CEO's comment to her that the company needed more women in leadership roles?

2. What do Wiener's co-workers at the analytics startup tell her to expect from the CTO?

3. Which specific company does Wiener contend that it is almost impossible to use the internet without enriching?

4. What does pivoting mean in the tech industry?

5. Why does the e-book company fire Wiener?

6. How is Wiener feeling about her job in the publishing industry in Part I?

7. What is one of the parts of the interview process at the analytics startup that Wiener finds strange?

8. How does Wiener describe the product that the analytics startup makes?

9. What activity does the analytics CEO give Wiener that he says will help her learn code?

10. Why did Ian like to work at smaller-scale companies in general?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Wiener seem to identify as some of the most significant hypocrisies and contradictions between the way the tech industry and its leaders portray itself/themselves and the reality of the industry's culture and societal influences? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What is Wiener's assessment about the tech industry's perspective on meritocracy and its relationship to the industry workforce and structure? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the main reasons Wiener leaves the data-analytics startup, and how does she feel about the company in hindsight after she is no longer employed there? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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