Investment Banking Interview

Businessman: It says here on your resume that you were number one in your class at Princeton.
Arthur: Yes, sir.
Businessman: Fantastic, just splendid. We sure could use a number cruncher like yourself here at the company. Now I just have to ask you a few questions. What's the square root of 783?
Arthur: Roughly 27.982, sir.
Businessman: Ah, very good. How about this--A man is on his way to the local marketplace to sell a fox, a chicken and some grain. He has to cross a river, and his boat is just big enough to carry him and one of the other three. When he arrives at the river, he knows he's got a problem. If he leaves the fox and the chicken, the fox eats the chicken. Otherwise, if he leaves the chicken and the grain, the chicken eats the grain. How does the man get the fox, the chicken and the grain to the other side of the river?
Arthur: (thinks briefly) Well first, the man brings the chicken to the other side. Then he goes back, takes the fox and brings him to the other side. Then he takes the chicken back, picks up the grain and leaves that with the fox on the other side. Then he picks up the chicken from the other side and continues his way to the marketplace.
Businessman: (writing this down) I see, very impressive.
Arthur: Are these questions to test my computational and logic skills, sir?
Businessman: Um...yeah...computational and logic skills...of course, sure. Well, that concludes the interview, thank you Mr. Andrews, we'll be in touch.
Arthur: Thank you, sir.
(Arthur exits. The Businessman quickly picks up the phone and dials)
Businessman: Schwartzman, I think I know how we can do this.

CUT TO:
A river bank. Schwartzman, another businessman, is holding a bag of grain, a chicken in a cage, and a fox on a leash. He speaks into a cell phone.

Schwartzman: Oh thank god, sir. I've tried everything, but this chicken keeps getting into the grain and then next thing I know the damn fox's got her head in his mouth. Jesus, we're gonna lose this KKR deal if I don't get make these three shipments on time...
Businessman: Pull your shit together, Schwartzman, and listen to me! Okay so first, you gotta take the chicken to the other side...