I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Freestone Capital Management (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2022
Interview
Had a 45 min interview with one of the associates there. Most of the interview was pretty standard behavioral questions. The interviewer then started quizzing me about the firm and other financial questions which weren’t too difficult. But then after that he started asking me some riddles? Not really sure what the relevance of this was but it completely threw off the whole interview.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
We are to play a version of Russian Roulette, the revolver is a standard six shooter but I will put two bullets in the gun in consecutive chambers. I spin the chambers, put the gun to my head pull the trigger and survive. I hand you the gun and give you a choice...
You may put the gun straight to your head and pull the trigger, or you may re-spin the gun before you do the same.
What is your choice and why? How does this differ from the case with only one bullet?
A windowless room contains three identical light fixtures, each containing an identical light bulb or light globe. Each light is connected to one of three switches outside of the room. Each bulb is switched off at present. You are outside the room, and the door is closed. Before opening the door you may play around with the light switches as many times as you like. But once you've opened the door, you may no longer touch a switch. After this, you go into the room and examine the lights. How can you tell which switch goes to which light?