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A project you chose to walk away from

Question

Describe something you started but decided to give up on.

Short answer

Show that quitting was a reasoned decision, not a lack of commitment. Explain the goal, what changed or what you learned, how you weighed sunk cost against future value, and what you did with the freed time. Interviewers want judgement about when to cut losses, which matters in trading.

Adapted from Crack, Heard on the Street, Q5.1.16, p.46; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.

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