Question 95
MediumOriginal questionManager: So you'd like to work here on weekends. Have you worked in a bookshop before?
Neha: No. I've worked in my uncle's during the holidays, though.
Manager: That's different.
Neha: It is. But the customers are the same people. They come in looking for one thing, they don't quite know its name, and they're a little to ask.
Manager: (smiles) That's true of both. What's your favourite book?
Neha: Can I give you an honest answer or a good one?
Manager: Try the honest one.
Neha: I haven't read many books this year. I've been preparing for exams. But I read the backs of hundreds of them in the library, trying to decide which one I'd read first when the exams are over.
Manager: That's an answer.
Neha: It's the true one. I thought you'd rather have that than me pretending I'd read something clever.
Manager: I would. And knowing what's on the back of a hundred books is most of this job, . Can you start on Saturday?
Why does the manager offer Neha the job?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
The manager prefers the honest answer, and says knowing what is on the back of a hundred books "is most of this job".
Her truthful answer turns out to show the very thing the job needs.
Worth noting
She has never worked in a bookshop, so experience is not the reason.
- Concept
- Identifying the reason for an outcome
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