How Do You Put a Giraffe in the Refrigerator?
Post Views 170Here’s a test that’s been floating around the tubes. It’s a four-question management test, apocryphally attributed to Anderson Consulting (now Accenture). Don’t cheat!
Question 1: How do you put a giraffe in the refrigerator?
Correct answer: 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.
Question 2: How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Wrong answer: Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the door.
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 actions.
Question 3: The Lion King is hosting an animal conference; all the animals attend except one. Which animal does not attend?
Correct answer: The elephant. He’s in the refrigerator.
This tests your memory.
Question 4: There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage it?
Correct answer: You swim across. All the crocodiles are attending the animal conference.
This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
The claim is that about 90% of the professionals tested got all questions wrong, but pre-schoolers tended to get several correct answers.
How’d you do?
How Do You Put a Giraffe in the Refrigerator? by Erik Even