30 June 2005

this might help u in future job interviews

I guess this might help u in future job interviews
....Hm..............

There were four guys who were in the final stage of interviewing for a prestigious job. They were from Harvard, Yale, MIT and NUS . The company decided to invite all of them to dinner and a final interview.

Over dinner at a fine restaraurant, the president of the company told the men that they were all very worthy applicants and that he wished to hire all of them, but the company had only enough budget to hire one person.
He told them that he would call them in one at a time for a final interview the next day, and that he would ask each of them the same question.
Whoever answered the question the best would be hired.

All applicants agreed that this was fair.
The next day, the first applicant called in was the one from Harvard.
The president posed the question, "What is the fastest thing in the world?"

The young man thought for a moment and replied, "That would have to be a thought."
"Why do you say that?" asked the president.
"Well, a thought takes no time at all. It is in your mind in an instant, then gone again," said the young man. "Ahh, very good. Thank you," replied the president.

Next, the same question was posed to the young man from Yale, "What is the fastest thing in the world?"
The young man paused and replied, "That would have to be a blink."
"Why?" asked the president. "Because you don't even think about a blink, it's a reflex. You do it in an instant."

The president thanked him, then called in the next person. He asked the young man from MIT the same question, "What is the fastest thing in the world?"
After hesitating for a brief moment, the young man replied, "I would have to say electricity."
"Why?"
"Because a man can flip a switch, and immediately, three miles away, a light will go on."
"I see, very good," replied the president.

Finally, the young man from NUS was called in. He, too, was asked,
"What is the fastest thing in the world?"
"That's easy," he replied. "That would have to be diarrhea!" Rather stunned, the President asked, "Why do you say that?" "Well, last night after dinner, I was lying in my bed and got the worst stomach cramps. And before I could THINK, BLINK, or TURN ON THE LIGHTS,
it all came out." He got the job. hehe....:)

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