"Why did you choose Goldman Sachs?"

Cai Jinyong stared at the young man with a calm expression across the desk, and subconsciously asked, after saying that, he felt that this opening statement was very unprofessional, but he inexplicably remembered some past events in his heart.

How similar this scene is, Cai Jinyong suddenly remembered that in the first interview he attended in his life, the white man asked such a seemingly meaningless question, but he replaced Goldman Sachs with B.

At that time, how did he answer, Cai Jinyong was a little distracted, more than ten years have passed, and he found that many things are not remembered clearly, but some of them can not be forgotten.

Chen Qiaoshan didn't find the interviewer's abnormality, he felt that this was a very old-fashioned question, there was no pressure, he had the experience of participating in interviews, and he had also been an interviewer, so he was very familiar with this routine.

Of course, there are certainly differences, and Goldman Sachs is not something that any company can compare with after all.

"Because of professionalism. ”

Chen Qiaoshan's answer was very brief, as a person who came over, he had a thousand ways to deal with this problem, but he didn't do it, his shortcomings were very fatal, and if he wanted to pass the interview, he had to find another way.

Cai Jinyong was only slightly distracted, and his professional habits quickly brought his attention back to the current interview session.

Hearing the other party's answer, he hesitated a little: "Major?"

Chen Qiaoshan knew that the other party had misunderstood, thinking that he came to Goldman Sachs because he majored in finance, and he immediately made a correction: "NO, professional!"

Cai Jinyong was a little surprised in his heart, a very useless question, but he didn't expect the other party to give a very interesting answer, he subconsciously asked: "Can you explain?"

"Because of concentration, so focused, because focused, so professional, and Goldman Sachs is a professional financial group. Chen Qiaoshan opened his mouth and came, without any hesitation.

The chicken soup of later generations is flying all over the sky, and it is too simple to explain, he can spit and say that he does not bring the same thing for half an hour.

The surprise in Cai Jinyong's heart deepened a little, but there was no change on his face.

In this day and age, the chicken soup culture has not yet emerged, and people have little immunity to it.

Cai Jinyong is no exception, he is very satisfied with this answer, but his professional habits make him instinctively question: "Doesn't finance need creativity, and won't being too professional make your thinking solidify?"

Chen Qiaoshan was a little speechless in his heart, whether it is a multinational investment bank or a domestic financial enterprise, for a grassroots employee, the most important thing is professionalism and career.

Is this what the average employee needs?

If a newcomer who has just joined the company is too imaginative or creative, and does things imaginatively, it is estimated that he will not even be able to pass the internship period, so he will have to clean up the table and get out.

In the financial industry, creativity is a problem that should be considered at the top level, and the people at the bottom are honest and successful.

The financial industry seems to be lofty, but in fact, many departments carry out labor-intensive business, in addition to the requirements for business standards, others are not much different from Foxconn's assembly lines, often more than 70 working hours per week.

Overtime is commonplace, and the test is the patience of practitioners, and to put it bluntly, it is concentration.

"Is Goldman Sachs willing to encourage employees to work creatively?" asked Chen Qiaoshan with a hint of humor.

As the conversation deepened, his mentality gradually relaxed, this internship was not as important as he imagined, and Chen Qiaoshan was not bound to win.

Goldman Sachs Academy is not a serious internship after all, and he doesn't need to use it to embellish his resume.

Before graduation, he collected offers from Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and Big and Small Mo, although it was very face-saving to say it, but these were not what Chen Qiaoshan was pursuing.

Cai Jinyong knew that he had asked a stupid question, and he could feel that the young man in front of him was obviously different from himself.

Cai Jinyong found that compared with the first generation of financial practitioners in China, Chen Qiaoshan was more confident and better at expressing himself, and he knew in his heart that his performance back then was far inferior to that of the other party, but he did not jump to conclusions easily.

"Goldman Sachs encourages employees to think creatively. "Cai Jinyong naturally wants to protect the interests of Goldman Sachs.

He has a fixed opinion, the young man in front of him is not so harmless as it seems, not only a few problems today, Chen Qiaoshan's speculation about Lenovo's merger and acquisition has also caused a wave within Goldman Sachs.

Out of curiosity, Cai Jinyong read all of Chen Qiaoshan's past articles.

The little junior brother in front of him is very bold, and he has done a lot of things to pull the tiger's skin, and he also admits that Chen Qiaoshan is very talented in finance, but the economic intuition that Paulson said has not been discovered for the time being.

Cai Jinyong didn't bother with the question just now, he took out a newspaper from his desk, glanced at it casually, folded a page and spread it on the table, and pushed it to Chen Qiaoshan.

"What do you think of this news?" Cai Jinyong asked, pointing to a piece of news.

Chen Qiaoshan found that in front of him was a copy of the "Securities Times", which is one of the four major securities newspapers in China, and it is a must-do homework at present.

Following the direction of Cai Jinyong's finger, Chen Qiaoshan noticed that it was a short message, "Lenovo Group Announces 500 Layoffs", the content is also very simple, without too much elaboration.

Lenovo Group announced in the early hours of this morning that the group's business will be strategically adjusted, and it plans to abolish the research institute and server R&D department, and the layoffs are expected to exceed 500 people, and the rest will be transferred......

With only a few dozen words, Chen Qiaoshan glanced at it twice and finished it.

He was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the historical Lenovo layoffs would happen today, and what he didn't expect was that Cai Jinyong would choose such an interview question.

Chen Qiaoshan glanced at the other party with a puzzled face, Cai Jinyong was not moved, and asked directly, "Is there a problem?"

Chen Qiaoshan shook his head slightly, it's just no problem, there is no simpler interview question than this, if he comes to the accounting professional assessment, even if it is the simplest accounting professional ethics or financial regulations, he will have to go home.

Chen Qiaoshan is inevitably a little puzzled, he is really open in his life, whether it is the COD exam or the interview at Goldman Sachs, why do he always encounter such a simple problem.

"What do you want to ask, do you want to know my opinion on Lenovo's strategic shift, or my judgment on the company's future choices?"

Cai Zhiyong was very interested in Chen Qiaoshan's reaction, and he said: "In this way, you can talk about both aspects, as long as you make your point of view clear." ”

Chen Qiaoshan nodded, organized the language a little in his heart, and then spoke: "Judging from this layoff, Lenovo's diversified development strategy has failed. ”

"Why?"

As soon as Chen Qiaoshan said a word, he was interrupted, Cai Jinyong was very strange, he couldn't understand why the person in front of him made a judgment so surely.

Chen Qiaoshan pointed to the newspaper and said, "The newspaper said it." ”

Unmoved, Cai stressed: "The fact that the news is only a strategic shift is not enough to show that Lenovo's diversification has failed, and Lenovo's performance in the last fiscal year is good, and there is no possibility of strategic failure." ”

In the face of staying in trouble, Chen Qiaoshan was not frightened at all, he knew that the other party was bluffing.

Chen Qiaoshan explained: "Science and technology are the primary productive forces, although this sentence is vague, but for a technology company, the research institute and server R&D department are undoubtedly quite important. ”

In the new millennium, whether computer assembly manufacturers can be included in high-tech enterprises, this topic has caused controversy in society, Lenovo has invested heavily in product research and development, there may not be no reason for this.

Chen Qiaoshan scolded a little, and then said: "The R&D cycle is long and the results are slow, and the investment is large, Lenovo has invested a huge amount of money in these two departments, if it is not a major failure, no matter who it is, it will not easily give up the ...... of technology accumulation."

The curiosity in Cai Jinyong's heart deepened a little, he couldn't understand whether the other party had been prepared, but he didn't interrupt Chen Qiaoshan's statement.

He wondered, is the difficulty of this interview set low?