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<DIV><SPAN class=336383213-16012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>How
about giving the passenger seat to the old lady and giving your seat
to the old friend (who has displayed a talented in the past for saving
lives). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=336383213-16012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=336383213-16012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I like
this answer because:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=336383213-16012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>1) It
maximizes the possibility that the old lady will survive</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=336383213-16012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2) I
spend time alone with the person of my dreams (albeit at a bus stop on a wild,
stormy night) - so my own ambitions are met.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=336383213-16012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>3) It
displays the "outside-the-box" (God I hate that cliche) thinking these hokey
test are usually looking for</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Alex Beamish
[mailto:talexb-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 15, 2006 5:43
PM<BR><B>To:</B> TLUG<BR><B>Subject:</B> [TLUG]: Re: [tpm] Job interview
question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>On 1/12/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Indy
Singh</B> <<A href="mailto:indy-k5e8U2l/CWTzIImvGDD8mw@public.gmane.org">indy-k5e8U2l/CWTzIImvGDD8mw@public.gmane.org</A>>
wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"><BR>You
are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night. You pass by a<BR>bus
stop, and you see three people waiting for the bus:<BR><BR>1. An old lady
who looks as if she is about to die.<BR>2. An old friend who once saved your
life. <BR>3. The perfect man (or) woman you have been dreaming
about.<BR><BR>Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that
there could<BR>only be one passenger in your car.<BR><BR>Think before you
continue reading. This is a moral/ethical dilemma that <BR>was once actually
used as part of a job application.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Interesting question .. obviously, I don't think far enough outside
the box.<BR><BR>I imagined stoppping, helping the old lady into the car,
saying hello to my old friend and asking the young lady for her phone number
in case the bus has come by the time I come back to pick her
up.<BR><BR></DIV></DIV>That's a cute question, but it's tough to imagine using
a brain teaser in an interview situation unless you were trying to figure out
if the candidate in question was really quite smart (but having a bad day) or
a dolt (but making a lot of good
guesses).<BR><BR>Alex<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>