Verify every achievement on his resum including how many semesters he made Dean's list. Discuss any discrepancies. I once had to explain to my father that a bank didn't really make its money taking deposits and lending out money to poor folk so they could build houses. I explained that the bank actually traded for a living. Banks have used quantitative methods since the Medicis, but their ability today to aggregate risk information meaningfully across a variety of activities is unprecedented.
Derivatives are part of the vital machinery of the bank.
We have put it at the heart of the business.