Tag: Hedge Fund Brainteasers | Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

How Many Typists Will It Take? | NoBSJobSearchAdvice.com

May 6, 2019June 17, 2019 by Jeff

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EP 1456 This is a quick little brainteaser. Hope you like it!

Summary

I found a brainteaser I hadn't done before! Here's the question: if two typists can type 2 pages in 2 minutes, how many typists will take the type 18 pages in 60 minutes?

Oooooooooooooh! The drama!

2. typists can type 6 pages in 6 minutes.

What you do is have 3 teams of 2 typists, each working in parallel and within 6 minutes to be able to type the 18 pages the required.

ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a career and leadership coach who worked as a recruiter for more than 40 years. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with more than 1400 episodes and his newest show, “No BS Coaching Advice.” He is a member of The Forbes Coaches Council. “No BS JobSearch Advice Radio” was recently named a Top 10 podcast for job search. JobSearchTV.com was also recently named a Top 10 YouTube channel for job search.

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How Many Typists Will It Take? | NoBSJobSearchAdvice.com

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 by Jeff

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EP 1456 This is a quick little brainteaser. Hope you like it!

Summary

I found a brainteaser I hadn't done before! Here's the question: if two typists can type 2 pages in 2 minutes, how many typists will take the type 18 pages in 60 minutes?

Oooooooooooooh! The drama!

2. typists can type 6 pages in 6 minutes.

What you do is have 3 teams of 2 typists, each working in parallel and within 6 minutes to be able to type the 18 pages the required.

ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER

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Hedge Fund Brainteasers: Do You Have More, Less or The Same? | JobSearchTV.com

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 by Jeff

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter offers an answer to this cute little brainteaser.

Summary

I'm Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter. And let's do one more brain teaser before I go off into different tangents, okay, so, excuse me I'm going to read it all a screen.
You invest $100 in a company. You earn 10% in your first year, but lose 10% in the second year. At the end of the second year, you have more or less or the same as you started with?
So, here's the idea again. 10% If you have $100 you make 10%. The first year you lose 10%. The second year, do you have more or less or the same as when you started?
You have less. Here's why.
After one year you made 10% or $10, That's $110. Then, you lose 10% or $11. Remember, it's $110 dollars by 10%. That's $11.
So you are now at $99. In other words, you have less than what you started off with. I know the instinct is to think in terms of 10% up. 10% down. It's the same money, but you have less.

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Which Carton Has Which Eggs? | JobSearchTV.com

April 6, 2019April 6, 2019 by Jeff

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In this video, Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter poses one of those tricky brainteaser questions that is so often used by hedge funds and investment banks.

Summary

Today, I want to do 1 of those hedge fund brainteaser questions that I know you all love. You're on an interview and someone peels out 1 of these questions, I'm sure you're going to go, "What the…" to yourself and then try to sort through. This 1 is a fun one.

The scenario is you have 3 cartons of eggs, they are all incorrectly marked. One is marked being eggs, one is marked small eggs, and one is marked mixed eggs. How many boxes of eggs you need to open in order to figure out which is which?

The 1st time I heard this question years ago, I thought to myself, "You have to open two," and then I paused and went, "NO!!" You only need to open one. Let me show you how.

Let's say, you open up a box of eggs that is marked as mixed. In fact, there are small eggs in there. Now, you are left with 2 boxes of eggs that you know are marked incorrectly, right? You should know which of the eggs is in which box because they are marked incorrectly. Thus, the one marked mixed might have the small ones.

When all is said and done, all you have to do is open up one box of eggs to be able to figure out this little. Then, you can say to them, "can I show you this? It Is kind of hard to explain." The idea is very simple. Whatever you open up, the other 2 boxes are also marked incorrectly so you know what they have.

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How Many Square Feet of Pizza Are Eaten in the US Each Year? | NoBSJobSearchAdvice.com

February 18, 2019March 13, 2019 by Jeff

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EP 1379 What a delightful question! With an acknowledgement to Yahoo! Finance and Business Insider, I walk through answering this one.

Summary

The question for today is, "how many square feet of pizza are even in the US each year?"

I want to give credit to Yahoo! Finance for carrying an article from Business Insider from 2015 that walk through a way to solve this.

The solution is really about talking out loud and being plausible. Ostensibly this is a question that Goldman and a number of other firms ask on their interviews . But, I want to be clear, the exact answer isn't the important thing. It's the process that you go through that is.

Here is what you do:
Listen to the question very carefully and if you're unsure about something ask for any sort of clarification that you think you need or if you need additional information.
From there, use a launch point.

Here's how to go through it.

If there are 320 million people in the US, how many square feet of pizza do they eat each year? To get the number, you have to figure out how many of these people actually eat pizza each year. For the sake of simplicity, startup of the round number. So, you would say, "Let's say there are about 200 million pizza eaters and that is about two thirds of the total US population. I may be being conservative but round numbers are always easier to work with." You say that out loud.

Once you have the actual population of pizza eaters you need to have the rate of pizza consumption per person. Work with the assumption of 4 slices of pizza per person per month. In other words, 48 slices per year. That can be way off, but it's a reasonable guess. Again, it's logic that matters, not the numbers.

Now, translate pizza slices into square feet. Estimate the area of a triangle. So take the base times the height and divided by 2. If the pizza slices 6 inches at the base and 10 inches long, the area is 30 inches. Multiply 30 in.² by 48 slices per year and you have the average square inches eaten per person-- 1440. Multiply that by 200 million and you have 288,000,000,000 in.² of pizza.

ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a career and leadership coach who worked as a recruiter for more than 40 years. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with more than 1300 episodes and his newest show, “No BS Coaching Advice.” He is a member of The Forbes Coaches Council. “No BS JobSearch Advice Radio” was recently named a Top 10 podcast for job search. JobSearchTV.com was also recently named a Top 10 YouTube channel for job search.

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Hedge Fund Brainteasers: A Question About a Butcher | JobSearchTV.com

February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 by Jeff

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter offers a scenario about a butcher and asks you to solve the brainteaser.

Summary

I've got another brain teaser for you. I love these things. Now, this is a very easy one. I hope you'll guess it. You'll feel better.

Companies use nonsense like that so, let me just get you prepared for the interview. Here's the question. Ready?

A butcher is five foot 10. And he has a size 12 shoe. What does he weigh?

Let's repeat that question again. a butcher is five foot 10. He's got size 12 shoes. What does he weigh?

I'm gonna pause for a second. Let me do a quick Jeopardy music.

Here's your answer. Ready? Five foot 10 size 12 shoes.

He weighs meat.

Yes. He's a butcher. He weighs meat.

ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a career and leadership coach who worked as a recruiter for more than 40 years. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with more than 1300 episodes and his newest show, “No BS Coaching Advice.” He is a member of The Forbes Coaches Council. “No BS JobSearch Advice Radio” was recently named a Top 10 podcast for job search. JobSearchTV.com was also recently named a Top 10 YouTube channel for job search.

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How Many Square Feet of Pizza Are Eaten in the US Each Year? | NoBSJobSearchAdvice.com

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 by Jeff

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EP 1379 What a delightful question! With an acknowledgement to Yahoo! Finance and Business Insider, I walk through answering this one.

Summary

The question for today is, "how many square feet of pizza are even in the US each year?"

I want to give credit to Yahoo! Finance for carrying an article from Business Insider from 2015 that walk through a way to solve this.

Here's how to go through it.

ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a career and leadership coach who worked as a recruiter for more than 40 years. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with more than 1300 episodes and his newest show, “No BS Coaching Advice.” He is a member of The Forbes Coaches Council. “No BS JobSearch Advice Radio” was recently named a Top 10 podcast for job search. JobSearchTV.com was also recently named a Top 10 YouTube channel for job search.

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Hedge Fund Brainteasers: What’s The Next Number in This Sequence? | JobSearchTV.com

January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 by Jeff

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgWMD9QsXGQ

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter offers one of those fun interview brainteasers that companies use on interviews.

Summary

I've got one of those fun, tough interview questions for you. I'm going to read it off the screen. You'll understand why in a moment.
What's the next number in this sequence? 10, 9, 60, 90, 70, 66.
So, what's the next number in that sequence? I'm going to repeat it again. 10, 9, 60, 90, 70, 66
The answer, the question comes from not the numbers but the number of letters for each number.
So, 10 has three letters nine has 4, 60 has 5, 90 has 6, 70 has 7, 66 has eight. So your next answer could be (I'll give you two possibilities) 96 is one but, if you want to have some fun and really end the game right there, you can use googol. Google misspelled it when they started the firm, but you answer it with either 96 which has the next number of letters or googol.

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How Did The Dog Cross The River Without Getting Wet? | NoBSJobSearchAdvice.com

October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 by Jeff

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Ep 642 Another fun brainteaser used on job interviews.

Summary

Today, I am 1 of those shows that as a brainteaser for you. Here's how it goes: a man stands on one side of the river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do that?

The answer is they were at the North Pole or Minnesota in the middle of winter or Wisconsin in the middle of winter and the river was frozen.

Firms use brainteasers like this to see if your mind is creative enough to explore different options from different angles. In this case, why was the river not getting the dog wet?

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The “Not One Single Person Gets Off” Brainteaser | JobSearchRadio.com

October 1, 2018September 21, 2018 by Jeff

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I love brainteasers! They sharpen your mind and some firms still employ them as a way of screaming people out.
Today show offers up the classic one,”Not One Single Person Gets Off.” I hope you enjoy it.

Summary

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a career and leadership coach who worked as a recruiter for more than 40 years. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with more than 1200 episodes, “Job Search Radio,” “and his newest show, “No BS Coaching Advice” and is a member of The Forbes Coaches Council.

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