Página do Mês - Page of the Month » job interview http://www.mariaadelaidesilva.net/pagimes Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:16:59 +0000 pt-BR hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 The job interview http://www.mariaadelaidesilva.net/pagimes/2011/05/the-job-interview/ http://www.mariaadelaidesilva.net/pagimes/2011/05/the-job-interview/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 11:18:16 +0000 adelaide http://www.mariaadelaidesilva.net/pagimes/?p=256 A businessman was interviewing applicants for corporate accountant. He devised a simple test to select the most suitable person for the job: he asked each applicant the question, “What is two and two?”

The first interviewee was a journalist by training. His answer was “Twenty-two.”

The second applicant had an engineering degree. He pulled out a slide rule and showed the answer to be between 3.999 and 4.001.

The next person was a former legal researcher. He stated that in the case of Jenkins v Commissioner of Stamp Duties, two and two was proven to be four.

The last applicant only had a sixth-grade education. The now rather frustrated businessman asked him, “How much is two and two?”

The applicant got up from his chair, went over to the door and closed it, then came back and sat down. He leaned across the desk and said in a low voice, “How much do you want it to be?”

He got the job.

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