Which Tl Are You Most Like?
The TI is a force to be reckoned with, they have style and appeal to anyone. Do you think you have the make u to be a TI member? Take the simple test below and find out which one you are based on your personality. All the best as you explore!
- 1.
How do you like to organize the tasks you complete every day/week?
- A.
Outlook calendar
- B.
Color-coded calendar in Excel
- C.
Hand-written sticky notes all over your desk.
- D.
You have everything memorized by now
- E.
Written To-Do List
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- 2.
What is your level of department engagement?
- A.
You LOVE it – GLT, recruiting, hedge fund write-ups, mentoring, training – you name it, you’re in it
- B.
You focus on one or two groups you’re really interested in
- C.
Hedge fund write-ups, because well, you have to
- D.
You focus on your core work for the most part.
- E.
You want to be involved with department groups, but aren’t sure how to find the best one!
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- 3.
What is your favorite type of reporting?
- A.
Marketable
- B.
MALT
- C.
Private Investments
- D.
Optica
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- 4.
What type of custom client reporting interests you
- A.
Derivatives
- B.
Hedging
- C.
Foreign currency
- D.
Multi-entity / partnership ratios
- E.
OCIOs
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- 5.
What is your favorite part of the reporting process?
- A.
Data Entry
- B.
Reconciliation
- C.
Benchmarks
- D.
Quality Checking
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- 6.
How do you stay calm and enjoy the day when you’re really busy?
- A.
Listening to music, both earphones in
- B.
Chatting with your teammates
- C.
Snacking
- D.
Taking a walk for a break and some coffee
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- 7.
Where can you be found at 5:30PM on a Thursday?
- A.
Running exhibits for a client with a west coast investment team
- B.
Doing all of the admin items you never get to during the business day
- C.
You’ve already been at Clarendon Grill for an hour
- D.
Rushing back to DC for happy hour
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- 8.
What is your typical lunch routine?
- A.
Eating the leftover dinner you made last night at your desk while your MARS exhibits run out
- B.
Extra sandwich from Tropical Smoothie you ordered from Seamless while working late the night before
- C.
Whole Foods, every day, without fail
- D.
Meeting up with your buddies in the kitchen to eat lunch altogether
- E.
Waiting until after the rush dies down so you can read/watch TV in the kitchen
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- 9.
It’s 7:30AM. You’re most likely:
- A.
Just finishing a killer workout
- B.
Leaving yoga, getting ready to meditate and drink some lemon ginger tea
- C.
Commuting—D.C. traffic is the worst
- D.
I live 10 minutes from the office, I’m still sleeping in.
- E.
Studying for the CFA or GMAT/GRE
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- 10.
When you get into work, you most look forward to:
- A.
Lunch – Earls or Whole Foods is the question
- B.
Working on a new CADA spreadsheet – there’s always opportunity to improve efficiency
- C.
Meeting with your investment teams at the Arlington office
- D.
Scrubbing reports –you love looking into the details and suggesting value adds
- E.
Attending a team meeting
- F.
Creating reports. After all, it is what we are here to do and you mean business.
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- 11.
It’s 5:30 on a Friday. You are most likely:
- A.
Are you kidding? You’ve saved up all your flex to leave the office two hours ago!
- B.
Getting ahead to hit the ground running on Monday, and you might come in on Sunday to tie up some loose ends
- C.
Making your to do list for Monday, but looking forward to not thinking about work over the weekend.
- D.
Why do 10th business days so often fall on Fridays?! Seamless here I come…
- E.
Racing to your OpenTable reservation. You’re trying out the new hot spot.
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- 12.
Your dream team lead is:
- A.
Hands off and allows me to be autonomous. I learn best from doing, and I learn from making mistakes.
- B.
Nurturing and supportive. I appreciate feeling like my team lead will stay with me through any problem I have, no matter how long it takes, and is available to answer all of my questions with patience and kindness.
- C.
To the point. I want a team lead who will tell me like it is—whether I’m doing poorly or well; answer my questions directly without any fluff when I need them answered, but also encourage me to work through issues myself.
- D.
Very knowledgeable. I don’t care how my team lead acts with me as long as I know they are good at their job and know a lot about the systems.
- E.
Involved in everything! I like having a team lead that can connect me to the resources and people I need at a moment’s notice.
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- 13.
Who is the manager you most identify with?
- A.
Sarah
- B.
Erik
- C.
Caroline
- D.
Tim
- E.
Nick
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- 14.
You pride yourself on being:
- A.
A great communicator
- B.
Incredibly organized
- C.
Detail oriented
- D.
Accurate
- E.
Methodology savvy
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- 15.
TGICasualF!! You are most looking forward to wearing:
- A.
Yoga pants. If you wear a long sweater, no one will notice, right?
- B.
The same style of outfit I wore on Thursday. Casual Friday is unprofessional.
- C.
Jeans, sweatshirt, sneakers. The weekend uniform.
- D.
A dress and heels because you have plans for drinks in D.C. after work.
- E.
I haven’t washed my hair in five days, is that casual enough for you?
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- 16.
When it’s time, you’re most interested in joining:
- A.
The CADA Team
- B.
The Derivatives/Clifton Team
- C.
The Client On-Boarding Team
- D.
The Hedge Fund Write-up Team
- E.
The Training Team
- F.
The Mentoring Team
- G.
Capital Markets Group Liaison Team
- H.
All Things PI
- I.
The Internal Audit Team
- J.
The Global Liaison Team
- K.
A C2C Team
- L.
SOCOM
- M.
All Things Optica
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