[tpm] Job interview question

[Jim Skehill]

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). 
 
I like this answer because:
1) It maximizes the possibility that the old lady will survive
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.
3) It displays the "outside-the-box" (God I hate that cliche) thinking these
hokey test are usually looking for

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Beamish [mailto:talexb-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org]
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 5:43 PM
To: TLUG
Subject: [TLUG]: Re: [tpm] Job interview question


On 1/12/06, Indy Singh < indy-k5e8U2l/CWTzIImvGDD8mw at public.gmane.org <mailto:indy-k5e8U2l/CWTzIImvGDD8mw at public.gmane.org> >
wrote: 



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.


Interesting question .. obviously, I don't think far enough outside the box.

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.


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).

Alex




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