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• Top Job Interview Questions and Answers for Manager

  21 July 2008, by Editor

  The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a professional manager. Scroll down for each answer. The questions are NOT difficult. But don’t scroll down UNTIL you have answered the question!

  1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

  The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.

  2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

  Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?

  Wrong Answer.

  Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.

  3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend... except one. Which animal does not attend?

  Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.

  4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?

  Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been paying attention? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

• American VS Japanese Management

  21 July 2008, by Editor

  The Americans and the Japanese decided to engage in a competitive boat race. Both teams practiced hard and long to reach their peak performance. On the big day they felt ready.

  The Japanese won by a mile. Afterward, the American team was discouraged by the loss. Morale sagged. Corporate management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found, so a consulting firm was hired to investigate the problem and recommended corrective action.

  The consultant’s finding: The Japanese team had eight people rowing and one person steering; the American team had one person rowing and eight people steering.

  After a year of study and millions spent analyzing the problem, the consultant firm concluded that too many people were steering and not enough were rowing on the American team.

  So as race day neared again the following year, the American team’s management structure was completely reorganized. The new structure: four steering managers, three area steering managers and a new performance review system for the person rowing the boat to provide work incentive.

  The next year, the Japanese won by two miles. Humiliated, the American corporation laid off the rower for poor performance and gave the managers a bonus for discovering the problem....

• Not a Quitter

  21 July 2008, by Editor

  A guy walks into the human resources department of a large company and hands the executive his application.

  The executive begins to scan the sheet, and notices that the applicant has been fired from every job he has ever held.

  “I must say,” says the executive, “your work history is terrible."

  "You’ve been fired from every job.”

  “Yes,” says the man.

  “Well,” continues the executive, “there’s not much positive in that.”

  “Hey!” says the guy as he pokes the application. “At least I’m not a quitter.”

• Interview

  21 July 2008, by Editor

  Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked a young engineer who was fresh out of MIT, "What starting salary were you thinking about?"

  The Engineer said, "In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."

  The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every 2 years - say, a red Corvette?"

  The Engineer sat up straight and said, "Wow! Are you kidding?" The interviewer replied, "Yeah, but you started it".