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I am not sure how old he was, but I would guess he was under 40 and relatively inexperienced.

Part of the purpose of these exercises is to train management, especially executives, to remain fully focused and make decisions solely on performance and the business, even when someone asks them to show emotion. Anyone who is in executive management position should understand that.

He failed the test.

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He was born in 1978 (source: IMDB). He was a VP and other articles say his annual salary was $1.1MM.

He was not a beginner.

Edit: Also, “under 40” is ridiculous for a bar of being experienced / mature.

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I guess he just failed the test. Maybe the bar should be 55.