PERSONALITY AND SENSIBILITY MESSAGE.
You are driving your car on a wild and stormy night. You pass by a bus station and see three people waiting for the bus, an old lady who looks quite ill, as if she is about to die, a doctor who had once saved your life, and a business leader you have been desperately trying to meet. You can only take one passenger in your car. Which one will you choose?
Obviously this is a personality test. Think logically through your options. You could pick up the old lady. She is going to die, and ethically you should save her first. You could take the doctor, because he once saved your life. This would be the perfect chance to reward him with a display of your gratitude. However, you could always pay back the doctor in the future, but you may never be able to find a chance to network with the business leader, who may take your company to a new level of financial success, if you pass up this one chance.
As the story goes, the candidate who was eventually hired out of the hundreds of applicants did not have to explain his answer. What did he say? He simply answered: "Give the car keys to the doctor. Let him take the old lady to the hospital. I will stay and wait for the bus with the business leader to discuss how we might partner together. The chance to help the old lady by assisting the doctor to save her life would show my character to the business leader and might open even more opportunities to discuss the power of teamwork.
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