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There was a vaccancy for a post in a company and many people applied for it. There were ten questions in the exam and two people, Tim and Tom, answered 9 out of 10 correctly. All others answered less than 9. However the company people selected Tom for the job without conducting any sort of tie break. Why?
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Re: The Job
« Reply #1 on: May 9th, 2008, 3:05am » |
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The first question was "What is your name?", and that's the one Tim got wrong, he wrote Tom by mistake.
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Re: The Job
« Reply #2 on: May 9th, 2008, 4:11am » |
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Nope. No spelling mistakes.
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Re: The Job
« Reply #3 on: May 9th, 2008, 6:31am » |
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On question 10 Tom answered "I don't know", Tim answered "Neither do I".
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Re: The Job
« Reply #4 on: May 9th, 2008, 6:44am » |
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Tim arrived late at the test. Punctuality is important in this job.
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Re: The Job
« Reply #5 on: May 9th, 2008, 7:06am » |
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on May 9th, 2008, 6:31am, Grimbal wrote:On question 10 Tom answered "I don't know", Tim answered "Neither do I".
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You got it. In fact, I was quite sure that you would solve this riddle since the answer was a funny one.
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Re: The Job
« Reply #6 on: May 9th, 2008, 7:10am » |
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The company's name is Tom & Jerry or Tomlington.
Or Tom's answers were richer. He cares about details.
Or Tom's handwriting is beautiful.
Or it is a matter of time so Tim answered a year later.
Or they are Siamese twins.
Or Tom answered the last and the most important 10th question. Tim didn't.
Or Tom has connections. Poor Tim.
Or there were two Tom's.
Or Tom is older than Tim. The company rules clearly suggest age before beauty.
Or this isn't tennis so there was no tie break.
Or Tim is misanthrope.
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Re: The Job
« Reply #7 on: May 9th, 2008, 7:08pm » |
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I heard this one in joke form before.
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Re: The Job
« Reply #8 on: May 9th, 2008, 9:53pm » |
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on May 9th, 2008, 7:08pm, iono wrote:| I heard this one in joke form before. |
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Me too.
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