You work as the Chief Human Resources Officer at a top tier…

You work as the Chief Human Resources Officer at a top tier hedge fund (company whose purpose is to make money through trading stocks), where there is a strong expectation of success from each of the traders. After a week of bad performance, your regular satisfaction checks show a downturn, particularly from one manager’s employees. They also are making fewer trades. As the rest of the company returns to performing well, this group continues to show ever worse performance. A day later, you see one of the employees, formerly a model employee, screaming at the manager. This employee tenders their resignation later that day. What do you suspect may be happening? Choose the best answer.

You run a non-profit with very limited funds, but have an op…

You run a non-profit with very limited funds, but have an opportunity to hire a superstar performer, who you know has other offers from the private sector. During the interview, this person took a Big 5 personality test, and scored extremely high on Openness, high on Conscientiousness, medium/high on Extraversion, medium/high on Agreeableness, and low on Neuroticism. Independently, you know that they love mountain biking, surfing, and skydiving. What sort of offer might you make to this person?

You notice that Sam, an intern in your company’s rotational…

You notice that Sam, an intern in your company’s rotational program, has difficulties interacting with other people, but has a strong proficiency for quantitative analysis. Sam also seems happiest when performing these tasks, and is most productive when doing them. What would the best approach be when Sam is eligible to become a full time employee at the end of the summer?