Questions

Can you start by writing down everything that you know about me (us) and AKPsi?
What number interview is this for you?
Can you start by telling me a little bit about yourself?
Can you give me the names of three other candidates and tell me something about them?
Why do you want to join AKPsi?
Why should AKPsi extend you a bid and why not?
What are the core values of AKPsi?
When and where was AKPsi founded?
A. October 5, 1904, NYU
Where is AKPsi’s headquarters currently?
When was the Nu Pi chapter founded?
A. January 27, 1990
When were women first allowed to join Alpha Kappa Psi?
A. August 7, 1976
Based on what you know about Alpha Kappa Psi, what could we be doing more efficiently?
If you could change anything about the rush process at this point, what would it be?
What is a SWOT Analysis? Can you give me a SWOT analysis of AKPsi?
A. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Can you explain what you think it means to be professional?
Can you explain what you think it means to be successful?
Tell me about a current event that you’ve been following lately.
What does NASDAQ stand for?
A. National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
What is the DOW?
A. Dow Jones Industrial Average
What is the S&P 500?
A. Standard & Poor’s 500
What did NASDAQ close at today?
A. Refer to: http://www.google.com/finance
What did the DOW close at today?
A. Refer to: http://www.google.com/finance
What did S&P 500 close at today?
A. Refer to: http://www.google.com/finance
What is the difference between a bank and a credit union?
 A. Credit unions are non-profit financial cooperatives that conduct business for the
mutual benefit and general welfare of their member-owners; banks are for-profit financial
corporations who conduct business to maximize the price of its stock and profit for
stockholders
What are the goals of the Federal Reserve System?
A. To achieve maximum employment, stable prices including prevention of either
inflation or deflation, and moderate long-term interest rates

What is the Eurozone?

A. An economic and monetary union of 17 European Union countries that have
adopted the Euro as their currency
What is OPEC?
A. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries; An intergovernmental
organization of 12 oil-producing countries
What is the G20?
A. A group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 major economies
that make up more than 80% of the Gross World Product
What is BRICS?
A. Nations with economic and population growth - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and
South Africa
What is PIIGS?
A. Nations with declining economies and populations - Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece,
and Spain
What is the currency of Japan?
A. Yen
What is the currency of Switzerland?
A. Franc
Who is the president of Brazil?
michel temer
Who is the president of China?
A. Xi Jinping
Which city will host the next Olympic Games?
A. Rio de Janeiro
Who is Milton Friedman?
A. Arguably the most influential economist of the 20th century; won the Nobel
Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Who is John Keynes?
 A. A founder of modern macroeconomics who overturned theories of neoclassical
economics
Which former chairman of NASDAQ was responsible for committing the largest financial fraud in
American history?
A. Bernie Madoff
How did Madoff commit that fraud?
A. Defrauded thousands of investors of billions
What is a Ponzi scheme?
A. A fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own
money or the money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from profit earned by the
individual or organization running the operation.
What is the current unemployment rate?
A. 5.6% and 4.6% of Texas
Who is the Secretary of State?
A. John Kerry
Who is the Secretary of Defense?
A. Ashton
Who is the Secretary of Treasury?
A. Jacob Lew
Who is the Secretary of Commerce?
A. Penny Pritzker

Accounting/Finance/Economics
What does IPO stand for?
A. Initial public offering
What does GAAP stand for and what is it used for?
A. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; they are guidelines used to prepare
statements for financial accounting
Do financial and managerial accountants have to follow GAAP?
A. Just financial
What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
A. It is a bill that set new standards for all accounting firms to try to respond to fraud
and lack of integrity; 2002
What huge scandal was the primary factor in the creation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
A. Enron Scandal
What are the Big 4?
A. Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PwC
What is the difference between financial and managerial accounting?
A. Financial - preparing reports for external members like stockholders, shareholders,
etc.; Managerial - preparing reports for internal members
What is the accounting equation?
A. Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder’s Equity
What is the GDP equation?
A. GDP = Consumption + Investment + Government spending + Exports – Imports
What are the financial statements?
A. Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Statement of Shareholders’ Equity, Statement of
Cash Flows
Is Accounts Payable an asset or a liability?
A. Liability
Is Accounts Receivable an asset or a liability?
A. Asset
What is a dividend?
A. It’s a portion of a company’s profits that the company pays to its shareholders on a
regular basis
Is a dividend an expense? Why?
A. No
What is the Retained Earnings Statement equation?
A. Beginning Retained Earnings + Net Income – Dividends = Ending Retained Earnings
Where would you put “accumulated depreciation” on a balance sheet?
A. Long-term asset
What is the beta coefficient?
A. A measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in
comparison to the market as a whole
What is a benchmark?
A. A standard against which the performance of a security, mutual fund or investment
manager can be measured; generally, broad market and market-segment stock and bond
indexes are used for this purpose
Can you give me an example of an asset in which beta would be less than 0?
A. Gold; asset generally moves in the opposite direction as compared to the index
Can you give me an example of an asset in which beta would be greater than 1?
A. Volatile stock; asset generally moves in the same direction as, but also more than,
the movement of the benchmark
If the price of a bond increases, does its yield increase or decrease?
A. Yield decreases.
What are the 4 P’s of marketing?
 A. Price, place, promotion, and product
What is the time value of money?
A. The idea that money available at the present time is worth more than the same
amount in the future due to its potential earning capacity
What is the Capital Asset Pricing Model?
A. A model that describes the relationship between risk and expected return; if the
expected return does not meet or surpass the required return, then the investment should
not be overtaken
What are the types of competition in economics?
A. Monopoly – A single business operates without competition, Oligopoly – A limited
number of companies compete for consumer purchases, Pure competition – No single
buyer or seller has influence over the products sold in the market, Monopolistic competition
– Many sellers sell similar products but are not substitutes
Can you explain one of the types?
What are the phases of the business cycle?
A. Recovery, prosperity, recession, and depression
Can you explain one of the phases?
What are the 4 things that the BCG matrix consists of?
A. Cash cow, star, question mark, dog
Out of these 4 categories, where would you put yourself and why?

Critical Thinking
Divide 20 by half and add 5.
A. 45
How many months have 28 days?
A. All of them
There are two clocks of different colors: the red clock is broken and doesn’t run at all, but the blue
clock loses one second every 24 hours. Which clock is more accurate?
A. Red clock
How many outs are there in an inning?
6
Two women play five games of checkers. Each woman wins the same number of games. There
are no ties. Why is this?
A. The women aren’t playing each other
A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have southern exposure. A bear walks by the
house. What color is the bear? Why?
A. White; Antarctica
How many 2 cent stamps are in a dozen?
 A. 12
How many tennis balls would fit in Trinity’s outdoor pool?
Who causes the least damage? A Cowboy, Ninja, Policeman?
A: The cowboy
Behavioral
What are the top 3 things on your bucket list, and why haven’t you done these things yet?
Can you tell me about a goal that you reached and how you achieved it?
Can you tell me about a goal that you did not reach and how you handled it?
Can you tell me about a difficult decision that you’ve made in the past year?
Which one is better, efficiency or effectiveness?
What is your competitive advantage?
Give me three strengths and three weaknesses of yours.
What are you the most proud of on your resume?
What has been your favorite class at Trinity so far?
Why did you choose to major in (…)?
What are three of your favorite songs?
Would you rather study for an exam or work on a big project? Why?
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
If you could ask your future self from 2023 one question, what would you ask?
If you found out that the world was ending tomorrow, what would you do until then?
If you won a million dollars right now, what would you do with it?
If a genie offered you three wishes, what would you wish for?
If you could time travel to any period of time (past or future), which period of time would you go to?
If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be?
Would you slowly remove a bandage or would you just rip it off? Why?
If you had a professor or a boss who had a thick accent that you could not understand, what would
you do?
What would you do if you realized that the deadline for an assignment is approaching, but the
assignment is not up to par?
What is the craziest thing that you’ve done in your life?
Would you rather live in Los Angeles or New York City? Why?
Tell me a joke.
Impress me.
Do you speak to others before they speak to you?
Sell me your favorite artist.
What was the last book that you read?
What was the last movie that you saw?
What was the last sporting event that you attended?
If you had to pick one superpower, what would it be?
Pick three random objects and write them down. Now try to sell me a product that incorporates
those three objects.
Are you a leader or a follower?
What kind of leader are you?
Can you give me an example of a time when you had to step up as a leader?
Can you tell me about a time when you had to work with someone that you did not get along with
or did not agree with and how you handled it?
If a teammate or a co-worker did something that was against your morals, what would you do?
If your boss did something that was against your morals, what would you do?
Who is one person you look up to and why?
Can you tell me about a time when you had to use creativity to solve a problem?
Can you tell me about a time when you went above and beyond?
Do you work better or worse under pressure? Explain.
How do you handle pressure when it comes to meeting deadlines?
Can you tell me about a time when you made a risky decision and how you handled it?
Can you tell me about a time when you had an idea that no one agreed with, and how you went
about implementing it?
What is your motivation?
Explain the thin line between confidence and over-confidence.
What are you passionate about?
Did any living or non-living thing, alive or dead has ever inspired you about something in your life
that changed the way you think? If yes, what was ur inspiration?
Is there anything that you wish I had asked you?
Can you tell me how I could improve this interview?
Do you have any questions for me?

Random questions
Who has been your favorite interview so far?
Who's been the most helpful?
Are you / do we make you nervous
Which part of the brain is associated with hearing?
Tell me what an action potential is
What's your favorite type of music and why?
Pink, purple, blue or red?
You see someone at the top of a building and they look like they are going to jump. What do you do?
Do you believe in stereotypes? Why or why not?
Is it okay to date someone from tinder? Why or why not?
While we look over your resume, write me a something based on this title: tile floor, shampoo, the balcony
Cats or dogs?
Hunting or nah?
Volunteer work or paid work? Why?
Do you know what Kpop is? Describe it and who do you know in kpop besides Psi.
Have you ever read the count of monte cristo? What did you think?
What do you know about anime? What's your favorite anime?
That's so raven or good luck Charlie?
Scandal or revenge?
Who is naruto?
Who is G-dragon?
Do you watch horror movies? What's the scariest one you've ever seen? Sell it to me.
Is mixing bromine and water a good thing?
How long does it take to reflux a reaction minimally?
Sell me your city.