Section One: Please provide your written answers to the following.

1. Do you consider yourself to be good with numbers, quantitative analysis, or scripting languages? Give an example. Yes, I am very strong in with numbers, quantitative analysis and I love to work. I am very strong in Mathematics. I am proficient with Shell, VB and Perl Scripting and Capable of learning new scripting language 2. What are you looking for in a job? I am looking for a job Where I need to learn new things and work on new projects/environment to add value to company and me. I am looking for a job Where my skills and knowledge can be applied. 3. Using at least 10 words describe your attention to detail.

i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. xi. xii.

Good Explorer when I want to know new concepts and unknown situations. Trouble shooter to figuring out why something does not work. Relentless Keep trying, look for recreating the elusive bug. Creative I will come up with new procedures/concepts. Perfectionists When I do work I always Strive for perfection. Good judgment My judgment is good at What to test , how long it will take, is it really a bug. Tactful and diplomatic Honesty I Have Good communication skills. Dedication Enthusiasm Confident.

4. Looking at http://www.starmine.com/qa_test1.htm please find and document as many discrepancies (e.g., logical inconsistencies, questionable calculations, grammar errors, spelling errors, etc.) as you can in 10-15 minutes.

1. This Quarter link is displaying twice.

2. In 30-day change column, +2 should e in upward symbol, instead of downward symbol.

3. The symbol beside stocks should not be present; it should be present beside 30day change column.

4. It is showing that if we click on This year hyperlink, it is displaying as Next Year data.

5. user has clicked on this year link but next year page is displayed

6. In Industries consumer discretionary value does not have hyper link.

7. export button spelling is mentioned as exprt, but it should be export at the top right corner.

8. What is test in Sector name?

9. In Negative Earnings Predicted Surprises, instead of -9 it should be 9 as the heading only says negative

Section 2
Please highlight the right answer with a color

1.

5 Pts

When writing SQL, I: a. b. c. d. Actually prefer to get another colleague to write SQL for me Prefer to use a GUI tool to generate SQL automatically Am comfortable and proficient at writing out the SQL manually Have not written SQL statements or queries but am willing to learn

2.

10 Pts

I hav e th e following experience writing SQL queries: a. I have current expert-level SQL experience, including inner and outer joins, subselects and aggregation, and could demonstrate this knowledge in an interview setting I am a former SQL expert, as defined above, but my skills are a bit rusty and I would need some time to get up to speed I have used SQL but have never acquired expert-level skills, as defined above I would be new to writing SQL queries

b.

c. d.

3.

5 Pts

In SQL, a "group by" is used for: a. b. c. d. Grouping similar rows together Sorting of data Aggregate functions Finding "natural" groups

4.

10 Pts

Regarding mathematics and mathematics classes: a. b. c. I took math only because it was a requirement in my major I took mathematics because I enjoyed math classes I took mathematics because I knew it would help me in my career; but it's a tool not a love affair I have not had any college level classes in mathematics I've been out of school for at least 5 years but I still am advancing my skills in mathematics through outside activities

d. e.

5.

10 Pts

Via classes, books, or experience I have learned th e following number of computer langu ages (including SQL, C++, VB, MATLAB, Pyth on, Ruby, PHP, Perl, Java, etc.): a. b. c. d. 0 computer languages 1 to 2 computer languages 3 or more languages but I am NOT looking for a developer career 3 or more languages and I AM looking for a developer career

6.

10 Pts

The following statement best describes t he largest spreads heet I hav e built myself: a. b. c. d. I haven't built my own spreadsheets 100 cells or less with some calculations 1000 cells or less with at least 4 columns of calculations Multiple sheets of data, thousands of cells and at least 8 columns of calculations

7.

5 Pts

In Excel, what do th e dollar signs mean in $A$1:

a. b. c. d.

It locks the cell A 1 from future editing Dollar sign formatting for cell A1 Easier searching on all cells It creates an absolute reference to Cell A 1

8.

5 Pts

Which is high er, th e mean U.S. household income or th e median U.S. h ousehold income and why: a. b. c. d. The mean because of the high standard deviation of the US household incomes The median because of the high standard deviation of the US household incomes The mean because the wealthiest households have extremely large incomes The median because there are more poor households than wealthy

9.

5 Pts

The standard deviation h elps us make which of th e following statements about a set of data: a. Data that show a high standard deviation are more likely to have multiple peaks in the histogram. When comparing two histograms of the same kind of data (e.g. price returns), a larger standard deviation indicates more spread or variability in one histogram compared to the other. The square root of the sum of the deviations of the data from the mean. The data is noisy and cant be trusted when the standard deviation is high relative to the mean.

b.

c. d.

10.

5 Pts

I would be happiest defining my mission at Th omson Reuters as: a. b. Testing complex software systems in a highly technical environment. Helping co-workers improve their development processes

c. d. e.

Helping the company avoid the embarrassment of bugs found by customers Performing precise validation of data models and UI specifications Creating new financial models and metrics