Alex @ JS
College Years
Growing Up
Hobbies & Talents
Food and Drink
100

let x be the number of years alex has worked at js, y be the floor he sits on and z be the number of foreign office visits he has gone on. what is (x+y)*z?


20

100

When grocery shopping with friends, alex plays a game where
A. you randomly pick a color and then can only buy food in that color
B. each person gets assigned to "impulse" or "control", and impulses have to sneak as much food as possible into the cart
C. everyone has to speak in a fake accent the entire trip, and if you break character then you pay for the whole cart

B. each person gets assigned to "impulse" or "control", and impulses have to sneak as much food as possible into the cart

100

in elementary school, alex did a passion project on:

A. what are stocks?
B. magic: the gathering
C. favorite items from the lost and found

A. what are stocks?

100

you may have seen alex around the office sporting a jersey from which team that is his favorite nfl team?
A. raiders
B. 49ers
C. patriots

B. 49ers

100

what is alex's favorite place to get a take-out burger from?

A. 7th street
B. tavern on jane
C. au cheval

B. tavern on jane

200

Where did alex do his JS onsite interview?

A. NY, NY

B. coachella

C. burning man city

D. glastonbury

B. coachella

200

what economic system did alex invent in college?
A. trickle-sideways economics
B. capped capitalism
C. marxism but with snacks
D. the invisible handshake

B. capped capitalism

200

alex is the oldest of how many kids?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4 

D. 4

200

which of these languages can alex speak?
A. korean
B. mandarin
C. spanish

C. spanish

200

alex hosts a quarterly bar crawl named after what animal?
A. chicken
B. duck
C. ostrich

A. chicken

300

last year, alex brought a copious number of these to work:

A. water bottles
B. stuffed animals
C. low-cal protein bars

C. low-cal protein bars

300

Alex had which of the following nicknames in a groupchat with roommates from college?
A) Sauce Commander
B) Lick The Floor Police
C) The Fridge Goblin
D) The Grindfather

B) Lick The Floor Police

300

which of these games did alex invent as a kid?

A. double board stockopoly
B. catan with real resources
C. competitive speed jenga

A. double board stockopoly

300

which of these activities did alex NOT partake in in high school?
A. swimming
B. debate
C. competitive math
D. robotics

C. competitive math

300

there is one flavor of hint you have never seen on alex's desk; which one?
A. grape
B. strawberry kiwi
C. green apple

C. green apple

400

Which of these destinations has alex considered making his "first stop" after leaving JS?

A. Hawai'i
B. The Bay Area
C. Cleveland
D. Detroit

C. Cleveland

400

Alex acquired this nickname because
A) He lost a fantasy football bet and had to lick the dorm room floor.
B) He had a theory that you could judge a roommate by whether they'd lick the floor if asked.
C) He licked a bar floor on a dare and then wouldn't let anyone else do it.
D) He was very strict about keeping the apartment floors clean.

B) He had a theory that you could judge a roommate by whether they'd lick the floor if asked.

400

in 8th grade, alex coded a mobile game entitled what?
A. reco-hero
B. captain compost
C. planet patrol

A. reco-hero

400

which of these activities did alex get involved with during his senior year of college?

A. glee club
B. ballroom dance
C. intramural quadball

A. glee club

400

which of these starches has alex NOT declared to be "completely interchangeable?"

A. pasta
B. potatoes
C. rice
D. bread

B. potatoes

500

which of these languages can alex speak, according to corpdir?
A. korean
B. mandarin
C. spanish
D. latin

C. spanish

500

Which of these companies did alex work for instead of accepting his js internship offer?

A. Google

B. HRT

C. BCG

D. Palantir

C. BCG

500

which of the following did alex do in his student council speech?
A. filibustered so none of the other candidates could give their speech
B. campaigned for "meaty mondays" where the cafeteria would only serve meat
C. halfway through the speech, crumpled up his written notes and threw them away

C. halfway through the speech, crumpled up his written notes and threw them away

500

Which one of these would Alex describe has one of his coolest talents?
A. always being able to tell which elevator is coming next
B. getting to the airport 40m before his flight and never missing it
C. being able to open the microwave with 0:01 remaining

B. getting to the airport 40m before his flight and never missing it

500

alex once lost an eating contest of this food because...
A. hot dogs, because he thought the contest was starting at 10pm but it actually started at 10am
B. curry, because his opponent got multiple plates of liquid only and the contest was judged on weight
C. pasta, because alex ate too much at lunch before the contest

B. curry, because his opponent got multiple plates of liquid only and the contest was judged on weight