THE JOB INTERVIEW QUESTION
Added on: 19th Nov 2016
YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG
IN YOUR CAR ON A WILD,
STORMY NIGHT.
YOU PASS BY A BUS STOP
AND YOU SEE THREE PEOPLE
WAITING FOR THE BUS:
1. AN OLD LADY WHO LOOKS
AS IF SHE IS ABOUT TO DIE.
2. AN OLD FRIEND
WHO ONCE SAVED YOUR LIFE.
3. THE PERFECT MAN (OR) WOMAN
YOU HAVE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT.
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE
TO OFFER A RIDE TO,
KNOWING THAT THERE COULD
ONLY BE ONE PASSENGER IN YOUR CAR?
THINK BEFORE YOU CONTINUE READING.
THIS IS A MORAL/ETHICAL DILEMMA
THAT WAS ONCE ACTUALLY USED
AS PART OF A JOB APPLICATION.
YOU COULD PICK UP THE OLD LADY,
BECAUSE SHE IS GOING TO DIE
AND THUS YOU SHOULD SAVE HER FIRST;
OR YOU COULD TAKE THE OLD FRIEND
BECAUSE HE ONCE SAVED YOUR LIFE
AND THIS WOULD BE THE
PERFECT CHANCE TO PAY HIM BACK.
HOWEVER, YOU MAY NEVER
BE ABLE TO FIND YOUR PERFECT
DREAM LOVER AGAIN.
THE CANDIDATE WHO WAS HIRED
(OUT OF 200 APPLICANTS)
HAD NO TROUBLE COMING UP
WITH HIS ANSWER.
HE SIMPLY ANSWERED:
"I WOULD GIVE THE CAR KEYS
TO MY OLD FRIEND
AND LET HIM TAKE THE LADY
TO THE HOSPITAL.
I WOULD STAY BEHIND AND WAIT
FOR THE BUS WITH THE
WOMAN OF MY DREAMS."
NEVER FORGET TO
"THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX."
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