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1 of the Final Round question: there is a token, which works as the following: you can pay XX$ to buy it, and then propose a bet. If you wins the bet, then that's it, and you can keep the token and use it in next round. If you lose the bet, you can use the token to take back half of your money. How much is that token worth based on the chips both side have on that day?
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Assistant Trader

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Sep 28, 2012

1 of the Final Round question: there is a token, which works as the following: you can pay XX$ to buy it, and then propose a bet. If you wins the bet, then that's it, and you can keep the token and use it in next round. If you lose the bet, you can use the token to take back half of your money. How much is that token worth based on the chips both side have on that day?

Pretty standard question that has been asked before... keep flipping a coin until a winning combination appears (either HHT or HTT). Which strategy would you pick given the choice and why. Find the probabilities of winning associated with each strategy.
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Assistant Trader

Interviewed at Jane Street

4.4
Sep 3, 2012

Pretty standard question that has been asked before... keep flipping a coin until a winning combination appears (either HHT or HTT). Which strategy would you pick given the choice and why. Find the probabilities of winning associated with each strategy.

It's always hard to answer what you expect for a salary. I gave my current salary at another retailer and indicated I was ready for an increase. During the final negotiations, I got a significant increase because I did my homework (thanks, Glassdoor!) and had experience they wanted.
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Assistant Store Manager

Interviewed at Kohl's

3.4
Dec 7, 2012

It's always hard to answer what you expect for a salary. I gave my current salary at another retailer and indicated I was ready for an increase. During the final negotiations, I got a significant increase because I did my homework (thanks, Glassdoor!) and had experience they wanted.

Nothing of any significance. He had seen my resume online...brings me in and tells me, given my resume and experience (which I am more than aware of), he would rather put me in a marketing position. Something I've been very successful in for 30 years (I was just looking for a semi-retirement mindless job)...so then he wanted me to apply my many years of marketing knowledge. As I told him, "That's a whole different ball game than being a personal assistant." He sends me an offer letter with a title below any I have ever held, even out of college with a salary less than the personal assistant job...something I had not made since 1984. SURELY YOU JEST!! The pompous arrogance is unbelievable. I countered with two offers and he just never returned my call and that was the end of that. How immature these arrogant people are and trust me, the arrogance is completely unfounded. I would stay away. I should have taken heed of the previous Glassdoor comments. I did take note before going in as to how low his CEO rating was and, it is even lower in my opinion. The second I walked in, he spouts out some negative comment about the great GPS system I used to find his office (which he said people have a hard time finding.) I didn't. He then proceeds to bash two of his current employees. He has no business working with people or making job offers. He is obviously just plain greedy and clueless. Most people who exude such arrogance are just negative, insecure people on power trips and the describes the CEO of Big Red, in my opinion. DO NOT WORK HERE!!
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Personal Assistant and Marketing Position

Interviewed at Big Red

3.3
Jun 30, 2015

Nothing of any significance. He had seen my resume online...brings me in and tells me, given my resume and experience (which I am more than aware of), he would rather put me in a marketing position. Something I've been very successful in for 30 years (I was just looking for a semi-retirement mindless job)...so then he wanted me to apply my many years of marketing knowledge. As I told him, "That's a whole different ball game than being a personal assistant." He sends me an offer letter with a title below any I have ever held, even out of college with a salary less than the personal assistant job...something I had not made since 1984. SURELY YOU JEST!! The pompous arrogance is unbelievable. I countered with two offers and he just never returned my call and that was the end of that. How immature these arrogant people are and trust me, the arrogance is completely unfounded. I would stay away. I should have taken heed of the previous Glassdoor comments. I did take note before going in as to how low his CEO rating was and, it is even lower in my opinion. The second I walked in, he spouts out some negative comment about the great GPS system I used to find his office (which he said people have a hard time finding.) I didn't. He then proceeds to bash two of his current employees. He has no business working with people or making job offers. He is obviously just plain greedy and clueless. Most people who exude such arrogance are just negative, insecure people on power trips and the describes the CEO of Big Red, in my opinion. DO NOT WORK HERE!!

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