"Why did you choose Goldman Sachs?"

Cai Jinyong stared at the calm-looking young man opposite the desk and asked subconsciously. After saying that, he felt that the opening remark was very unprofessional, but inexplicably remembered some past events in his heart.

This scene is so similar. Cai Jinyong suddenly remembered that the first interview he attended in his life, the white man asked such a seemingly meaningless question, but he changed Goldman Sachs to WB.

What he answered at that time? Cai Jinyong was a little distracted. More than ten years have passed and he found that many things were not remembered, but some of them could not be forgotten.

Chen Qiaoshan did not notice the interviewer's abnormality. He felt that this was a very old-fashioned question and there was no pressure. He had experience in attending an interview and was an interviewer. He was very familiar with this routine.

Of course, there are certainly differences. After all, Goldman Sachs cannot compare any company.

“Because of professionalism.”

Chen Qiaoshan's answer was very short. As a veteran, he had a thousand words to deal with this problem, but he did not do so. His shortcomings were very fatal. If he wanted to pass the interview, he could only find another way.

Cai Jinyong was just a little 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 and thought he came to Goldman Sachs because he majored in finance. He immediately made a correction: "no, professional!"

Cai Jinyong was a little surprised. He was a very meaningless question. Unexpectedly, the other party gave a very interesting answer. He subconsciously asked: "Can you explain it?"

"Because of concentration, we are focused, and because of concentration, we are professional, and Goldman Sachs is a professional financial group." Chen Qiaoshan said without hesitation at all.

The chicken soup articles in later generations were flying all over the sky, and it was too simple to explain. He could spit and say that it would be without a duplicate for half an hour.

Cai Jinyong's surprise deepened a little, but there was no change on the surface.

In today's era, chicken soup culture has not yet emerged, and people have almost no immunity to it.

Cai Jinyong is no exception. He is very satisfied with this answer, but his professional habits have made him instinctively question: "Does finance require creativity? Is it not that being too professional will solidify your thinking?"

Chen Qiaoshan felt a little speechless. Whether it is a multinational investment bank or a domestic financial enterprise, the most important thing for a grassroots employee is his profession and career.

Creative thinking? Is this what ordinary employees need?

If a newcomer who has just joined the company is too imaginative or creative, and is imaginative, he probably can't even pass the internship period, so he has to clean up the table and get out of here.

In the financial industry, creativity is a question that senior executives should consider, and those at the bottom can be honest and act as cows.

The financial industry seems high-end, but in fact, many departments carry out labor-intensive businesses. In addition to having requirements for business standards, the others are not much different from Foxconn's assembly line, with more than 70 working hours per week.

Working overtime is commonplace, and it tests the practitioner's tolerance. To put it bluntly, it is concentration.

"Is Goldman Sachs willing to encourage employees to work creatively?" Chen Qiaoshan asked jokingly.

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

After all, Goldman Sachs is not a serious internship opportunity, and he doesn't need to use it to beautify his resume.

Before graduation, I collected offers from Goldman Sachs, McKinsey and Big Moto. Although I was very proud of it, these were not what Chen Qiaoshan pursued.

Cai Jinyong knew that he had asked a stupid question, and he could feel that there was a clear difference between the young man in front of him and him.

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

"Goldman Sachs encourages employees to maintain creative thinking." Cai Jinyong naturally wants to protect Goldman Sachs' interests.

He had a certain idea that the young man in front of him did not look so harmless. Not only did he have a few problems today, but Chen Qiaoshan's speculation about Lenovo's merger and acquisition also caused a stir within Goldman Sachs.

Out of curiosity, Cai Jinyong has read all the articles of Chen Qiaoshan in the past.

The junior brother in front of him is very brave and has done a lot of things to do when he pulls the flag and pulls the tiger's skin. He also admits that Chen Qiaoshan is very talented in financial talent, but the economic intuition that Paulson mentioned has not been discovered for the time being.

Cai Jinyong was not confused about the problem just now. He took out a newspaper from his desk, glanced 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 there was a "Securities Times" in front of him, which is one of the four major securities newspapers in China and is a must-do homework at present.

Following the direction of Cai Jinyong's finger, Chen Qiaoshan noticed that it was a brief message, "Lenovo Group announced the layoffs of 500 employees", the content is also very simple, without too much details.

Lenovo Group announced early this morning that the group's business will undergo strategic adjustments, intending to abolish the research institute and server R&D departments, laying off more than 500 employees, and the rest will be transferred...

With just a few dozen words, Chen Qiaoshan glanced at him and finished reading it.

He was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Lenovo's major layoffs in history happened today. What he didn't expect was that Cai Jinyong would choose such an interview question.

Chen Qiaoshan looked at the other party with confusion. Cai Jinyong was still thinking and asked directly: "Is there any problem?"

Chen Qiaoshan shook his head gently. It was so fine. There was no simpler interview question than this. If he came to the accounting professional assessment, even if it was the simplest accounting professional ethics or financial regulations, he would have to go home.

Chen Qiaoshan couldn't help but wonder, could he really have cheated in this life? Whether it was the impact exam or the interview at Goldman Sachs, why did he always encounter such simple problems?

"Do you want to ask what aspects, do you want to understand my views on Lenovo's strategic transfer, or your judgment on the future choices of this company?"

Cai Zhiyong was very interested in Chen Qiaoshan's reaction. He said, "Let's do this, you can talk about both aspects, just make the point clearly."

Chen Qiaoshan nodded, organized the language in his heart, and then said: "From this layoff, Lenovo's diversified development strategy failed."

"Why?"

Chen Qiaoshan was interrupted as soon as he said something. Cai Jinyong was very surprised. He couldn't understand why the person in front of him made a judgment so sure.

Chen Qiaoshan pointed to the newspaper and said, "What the newspaper said."

Cai Jinyong was unmoved. He emphasized: "Just saying it is a strategic shift in the news is not enough to show that Lenovo's diversified development has failed. Moreover, Lenovo's performance in the last fiscal year is excellent, and there is no possibility of strategic failure."

Faced with the difficulty of staying, Chen Qiaoshan was not scared at all. He knew that the other party was bluffing.

Chen Qiaoshan explained: "Technology is the primary productive force. Although this sentence is empty, for a technology company, research institutes and server R&D departments are undoubtedly very important."

In the new millennium, the topic of whether computer assembly manufacturers can be included in high-tech enterprises has caused controversy in society. Lenovo has invested heavily in product research and development, which may not be without this reason.

Chen Qiaoshan complained a little, and then continued: "The R&D cycle has been long and slow to achieve results, and it has a large investment. Lenovo has invested huge amounts of money in these two departments. If it were not for major failures, no one would easily give up on technical accumulation..."

Cai Jinyong's curiosity deepened a little further. He couldn't understand whether the other party had been prepared for a long time, but he did not interrupt Chen Qiaoshan's statement.

He wondered if the difficulty of this interview was set low?
Chapter completed!