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Suppose there exists a new airline named Jetco that flies domestically across North America. Jetco recently had a study commissioned that tested the boarding time of every airline, and it came out that Jetco had the fastest average boarding times of any airline.

What factors could have biased this result, and what would you look into?

What could potentially bias the average boarding time in favor of an airline that only flies domestically?

What could potentially bias the average boarding time in favor of an airline that only flies domestically?

Boarding Times Bias

A new airline came out as the fastest average boarding times compared to other airlines.  What factors could have biased this result and what would you look into?

You are testing hundreds of hypotheses with many t-tests. What considerations should be made?

What is a key disadvantage of the F-test when compared to multiple t-tests?

What is a key disadvantage of the F-test when compared to multiple t-tests?

Hundreds of Hypotheses

You are testing hundreds of hypotheses with many t-tests. What considerations should be made?

Let’s say you work for a social media company that has just done a launch in a new city. Looking at weekly metrics, you see a slow decrease in the average number of comments per user from January to March in this city.

The company has been consistently growing new users in the city from January to March.

What are some reasons why the average number of comments per user would be decreasing and what metrics would you look into?

What metric could be used to measure if active users are still engaging on the platform despite an overall decrease in the average number of comments per user?

What metric could be used to measure if active users are still engaging on the platform despite an overall decrease in the average number of comments per user?

Decreasing Comments

How would you investigate a decline in the average number of comments per user?

At Bloom Energy, our mission is to make clean, reliable energy affordable for everyone in the world. We created the first large-scale, commercially viable solid oxide fuel-cell based power generation platform that empowers businesses, essential services, critical infrastructure and communities to responsibly take charge of their energy.Our technology, invented in the United States, is one of the most advanced electricity and hydrogen producing technologies on the market today. We currently are recruiting individuals that meet the requirements to be a part of our team for our SEC Reporting department, which develops or assists in providing the required filings (10K, 10Q, 8K, annual report, proxy filing, statutory and other SEC filings) to the SEC.This high visibility position will be responsible for the following:<ul><li>Assist the SEC Reporting Manager in interfacing with others, including senior management, external auditors and consultants regarding accounting and financial reporting issues to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC regulations</li><li>Assist in developing monthly and quarterly financial reporting calendars and project plans and communicating key dates.</li><li>Assist in the Company’s external financial reporting process, including quarterly and annual reporting (Form 10-Q and Form 10-K), other SEC filings, and develop standard report templates for disclosure information to be reported by accounting and finance teams.</li><li>Work closely with all members of the Corporate Controller’s Team to prepare and deliver external financial reporting – including quarterly earnings release materials and required SEC filings (10K, 10Q, 8K, annual report, statutory and other miscellaneous SEC filings)</li><li>Assist in the coordination of external reporting activities to prepare and deliver external financial reporting and related earnings release materials associated with quarterly and annual filings, while working closely with Leadership (primarily Controller teams and Legal Department)</li><li>Serves as the primary resource in managing the flow of financial data into BE’s SEC filing tool, Workiva</li><li>Participate in the review of new and unusual transactions to ensure that they are recorded in compliance with US GAAP</li><li>Utilize accounting research tools to ensure our public filings are following US GAAP and SEC regulations</li><li>Assist in preparing Audit Committee presentations and the supporting quarterly financial supplemental package.</li><li>Reconcile net income to EBITDA and compute comparable EBITDA</li><li>Assist in preparation of key financial reports, including consolidated Balance Sheets, Statement of Operations, Statement of Comprehensive Income or Loss, Cap table, Cash Flow Statement, Statement of Equity, and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.</li><li>Become leader of the Tic and Tie process that ensures accurate information is transferred from the accounting ledgers to the SEC Reporting tool Workiva, including the rolling forward of previously reported information.</li><li>Manage the SEC submission checklists and provide archiving of supporting files.</li><li>Assist in the research of accounting issues, new accounting pronouncements and their impact on the Company.</li><li>Assist auditors in review of financial statements and resolution of issues prior to filing.</li><li>Maintain the XBRL taxonomy and assist in the XBRL filings.</li><li>Assist in ad-hoc requests relating to SEC Reporting.</li></ul>Qualification for this position includes:<ul><li>MBA/CA Degree in Finance or Accounting, with 3-5 experience in accounting or finance at a large corporation of public accounting firm.</li><li>Experience with Workiva WDesk is a plus.</li><li>Flexible and team-oriented</li><li>Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of corporate level accounting information.</li><li>Strong knowledge of GAAP and SEC Reporting Requirements.</li></ul>

Question	Topic	Difficulty	Ask Chance
Boarding Times Bias	Statistics	Medium	Very High
Hundreds of Hypotheses	Statistics	Medium	Very High
Decreasing Comments	Product Metrics	Easy	Very High

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