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Heard at a party:
There was this man who was in a horrible accident, and was injured.
But the only permanent damage he suffered was the amputation of both
of his ears. As a result of this "unusual" handicap, he was very
self-conscious about his having no ears.
Because of the accident, he received a large sum of money from the
insurance company. It was always his dream to own his own business,
so he decided with all this money he had, he now had the means to own
a business. So he went out and purchased a small, but expanding
computer firm. But he realized that he had no business knowledge at
all, so he decided that he would have to hire someone to run the business.
He picked out three top candidates, and interviewed each of them.
The first interview went really well. He really liked this guy. His last
question for this first candidate was "Do you notice anything unusual
about me?" The guy said, "Now that more...

Note: This is an extract of a National Public Radio (NPR) interview between a female broadcaster, and US Army General Reinwald who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military installation.

Interviewer: ” So, General Reinwald, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base? ”

General reinwald: We’re going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery, and shooting. ”

Interviewer: “Shooting! that’s a bit irresponsible, isn’t it? ”

General reinwald: “I don’t see why, they’ll be properly supervised on the rifle range. ”

Interviewer: “Don’t you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children? ”

General reinwald: “I don’t see how, …. we will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm. ”

Interviewer: “But you’re equipping them to become violent killers. ”

General more...

A rugby player was hurt very badly during a scrum and he had both of his ears ripped off. Since he was permanently disfigured, he decided to give up playing Rugby for good. His club and insurance company ensured that a large sum of money went his way.
One day, he decided to invest his money in a small but growing sportswear business. He bought the company outright but after signing on the dotted line, realised that he knew nothing about business. He decided to employ someone to run the shop.
The next day he set up three interviews. The first guy was great. He knew everything he needed to and was very enthusiastic. At the end of the interview, the former rugby player asked him, “Do you notice anything different about me? ”
And the man replied, “Why, yes, I couldn’t help noticing you have no ears. ” The rugby player got angry and threw him out.
The second interview was with a woman, and she was even better than the first guy. He asked her the same question, more...

In a job interview for policemen the applicants are shown a profile picture of a man, and the interviewer says, "The job that you''re applying for requires powers of observation. Make one observation about this man."

The first applicant enters and says, "This man has just one ear."

"Get out!!" screams the interviewer.

The second applicant enters and says, "This man has one ear."

"Get out!!" screams the interviewer again.

Then the third applicant gets up to go in for his interview. The first two guys are out there and they tell him, "The guy that''s giving the interview doesn''t tike to hear that the man in the picture has one ear."

"Thanks for the tip" says the third applicant.

So the third applicant enters, stares at the picture for a while and finally he says, "This man wears contact lenses."

The interviewer is more...

To test the English knowledge of three candidates at a job interview, the interview panel conducted a test which required each of the candidate to write a simple sentence using the words green, pink and yellow.
Guy from Germany wrote... My sisters room is pink. My Mothers car is green and I drive a Yellow car.
Guy from France wrote.... Green is my dad's favorite color. Pink is for girls and yellow is for boys.
Guy from India goes.... In the morning my phone green, green. I pink it up and say yellow.

Personnel executives of 100 major corporations were asked for stories of unusual behavior by job applicants.
10. "... stretched out on the floor to fill out the job application."
9. "She wore a Walkman and said she could listen to me and the music at the same time."
8. "? A balding candidate abruptly excused himself. Returned to office a few minutes later, wearing a hairpiece."
7. "... asked to see interviewer's resume to see if the personnel executive was qualified to judge the candidate."
6. "... announced she hadn't had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger and french fries in the interviewer's office - wiping the ketchup on her sleeve"
5. "Interrupted to phone his therapist for advice on answering specific interview questions."
4. "When I asked him about his hobbies, he stood up and started tap dancing around my office."
3. "... pulled out a Polaroid camera and snapped a more...

There was this man who was in a horrible accident, and was injured. But the only permanent damage he suffered was the amputation of both of his ears. As a result of this unusual handicap, he was very self-conscious about his having no ears. Because of the accident, he received a large sum of money from the insurance company. It was always his dream to own his own business, so he decided with all this money he had, he now had the means to own a business. So he went out and purchased a small, but expanding computer firm. But he realized that he had no business knowledge at all, so he decided that he would have to hire someone to run the business. He picked out three top candidates, and interviewed each of them. The first interview went really well. He really liked this guy. His last question for this first candidate was, Do you notice anything unusual about me? The guy s aid, Now that you mention it, you have no ears. The man got really upset and threw the guy out. The second interview more...