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Subject:RE: Are you a "Mental Gymnast"? From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:00:36 -0500
I wouldn't propose that the answer was wrong. I'd propose that the
conditions under which it is right are not the conditions being applied in
the present situation, and explain what makes the conditions different.
The condition I'd apply is that no decision is based on pure chance and
every decision comes with some knowledge (which the subject in the example
didn't have), and as soon as you apply that value to the equation, the
mathematics changes.
Every right answer can become wrong if you change a factor in the question.
>>
>> It would be a good way to demonstrate that s/he doesn't take
>> information provided at face value--testing it to see if it makes
>> sense.
>
>If the interviewee gave the answer you propose, it would show - since
>that answer is wrong - that he or she has firm opinions on subjects
>beyond his or her firm grasp. Not exactly a field day, more like a way
>to lose a job.
John Posada
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