33 快速反應(yīng)
A chief executive officer,CEO,was interviewingcandidates for a position as an industrial spy. Theindustrial spy needed to have keen eyesight plus theability to act quickly.
一位首席執(zhí)行官正面試工業(yè)間諜一職的候選人。被選中的工業(yè)間諜要求有敏銳的觀察力及快速的反應(yīng)能力。
During one oral examination, the CEO pointed at a hillabout a mile away and asked a candidate: "Can yousee that hill over there?"
在一次口頭測試時(shí),CEO指著一英里外的一座小山問一名候選人:“你能看見那座山嗎?”
"Yes,Sir." He replied.
“是的,先生。”他回答道。
"Can you see the temple tower on that hill ?"
“你能看見那座山上的寺廟塔尖嗎?”
Again the candidate remarked that he could.
候選人又說他能。
"Well then." the CEO went on, "Can you see that mosquito sitting on the temple tower?"
“那么,”CEO接著說:“你能看見停在塔尖上的那只蚊子嗎?”
The candidate answered, "NO,Sir." But he said properly, "But I can hear it is singing."
這名候選人得體得回答說,“看不見,先生。但我聽得見它在唱歌。”
He got the job.
于是他得到了那份工作。