York University
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100

This gym on campus is named after a Canadian artist. Name the gym.

What is Tait Mckenzie?

100

The point where supply equals demand is called this.


What is equilibrium?

100

The total value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year


What is GDP?

100

Buying shares means owning part of this.


What is a company?

100

This one-page document highlights your skills, education, and experience when applying for jobs.

What is a resume (or cv)?

200

This faculty at York is Canada’s largest liberal arts faculty.

What is the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS)?


200

This curve shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity consumers want.


What is the demand curve?

200

A sustained increase in the general price level over time.


What is inflation?


200

This financial statement shows a firm’s assets, liabilities, and equity at a point in time.


What is the balance sheet?

200

These are short-term opportunities, often during the summer, that give students hands-on experience in their field and help them build a professional network.

What are internships (and co-ops)?

300

York University has three campuses. Keele is one; name the others.


What is Gledon campus and Markham campus?

300

When the price of pizza goes up, and students decide to buy more burgers instead, this effect is called the ____ effect.


What is the substitution effect?

300

This is the percentage of people in the labor force who are looking for work but don’t have a job.


What is the unemployment rate?

300

The return you earn from holding stock in the form of regular cash payments is called this.


What is dividends?

300

This online platform is known as the world’s largest professional networking site.

What is LinkedIn?

400

York’s athletic teams compete under this name in Canadian university sports.

What is the York Lions?

400

The measure of how responsive quantity demanded is to a change in price.


What is price elasticity of demand?


400

The central bank of Canada uses this rate to control inflation.


What is the overnight rate (policy interest rate)?


400

Putting your money into different things like stocks, bonds, or real estate to reduce risk in your portfolio is called this.

What is portfolio diversification?

400

This type of skill includes communication, teamwork, and leadership, not just technical ability.

What are soft skills?

500

This year marks York University’s founding.


What is 1959?

500

This type of good sees demand rise as income falls, like instant noodles.


What is inferior good?

500

This type of policy involves government spending and taxes to influence the economy.


Fiscal policy?

500

Options that give the right to buy a stock at a fixed price are called this type of option.


What is a call option?


500

This type of interview case often asks candidates to analyze a real-world business problem, like market entry or profitability, and present a structured solution.  

What is a Case Interview?

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