The One and Only Hedge Fund Job Quiz

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1) How many total hedge fund companies exist today?

Less than 1,000

About 6,000

About 3,000

Over 10,000

2) Which of the following is consistently ranked among the Top 10 Hedge Funds in Assets Under Management?

Navy Capital

AQR Capital Management

Metastable Capital

3) True or False: Your hedge fund resume should be no longer than one page.

True

False

4) True or False: Your cover letter is less important than your resume.

True

False

5) Take a single stack of pennies as tall as the Empire State Building. Could all these pennies fit in a closet?

No, the closet would need to be much larger than a standard closet.

Yes, the pennies would easily fit in a standard closet.

Who even uses pennies anyway?

6) Imagine you are in a place where bags of rice are the predominant currency and the following rates apply:
-You can buy 4 chickens, 3 ducks, and 2 pigs for 15 bags of rice.
-You can also buy 1 chicken, 2 ducks, and 3 pigs for 10 bags of rice.
-At the poultry market, you can trade 1 goose for 2 ducks.

How many bags of rice will be required to buy 2 chickens, 2 ducks, and 2 pigs?

5

10

12

20

Cannot be determined

7) Why are manhole covers round?

It's the most cost effective shape for steel manufacturing.

Because manholes are round.

To prevent them from falling in.

Because early Roman aqueducts used round covers and this custom stuck.

8) How many gas stations are there in the US?

Less than 50,000

50,000-99,999

100,000-250,000

250,000-499,999

500,000 or more

9) Imagine you are in Canada during a severe early-winter cold front. There is a pond with a patch of ice in the center, which expands outwards and doubles in size every minute. It takes an hour to cover the entire pond surface. How many minutes would it take for the ice to cover 25% of the pond?

2 minutes

25 minutes

35 minutes

58 minutes

Cannot be determined

10) What is the only company offering hedge fund lists specifically designed for job-seekers?

No one offers these lists

HedgeFundJobList offers them

Google offers them

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