Question: If you had two thousand dollars ($2,000), how would you double it in twenty hour (24) hours?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Imagine I gave you $3000 dollars and asked you to double it in 2 days. What would you do or say?

Follow-up questions:

How would this method work?
Why would you do this?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Situational,Unconventional

Knowledge:

Accounting and Finance,Entrepreneurship and Business Acumen

Skills:

Complex Problem Solving,Management of Financial Resources

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility),Cognitive – Fluency of Ideas (Idea Generation Frequency),Cognitive – Mathematical Reasoning,Cognitive – Originality

Work Activity (Task):

Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People,Mental Processes – Thinking Creatively (Creativity)

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Achievement/Effort (Action/Result Orientation),Innovation,Risk Tolerance

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

You are looking to understand the interviewee’s finance knowledge, creativity in thinking of business-related solutions, and also their risk-taking behavior.

Red Flags to Watch For:

Saying that it is impossible to double the money in that period of time is not necessarily a red flag. However, if the interviewee shows tendencies to engage in extreme risk-taking behavior, that is a possible red flag.

Sample Answer:

N/A

Question Source: Uniqlo job interview