An accountant answered an ad for a top job with a large firm.
一位会计应聘了一则招聘广告上的大公司高级职位。
At the end of the interview, the chairman said, “One last question—what is three times seven?”
面试快结束时，董事长说：“最后一个问题——3 乘以7是多少？”
The accountant thought for a moment and replied, “Twenty two.”
会计想了一会儿，回答说：“22。”
Outside he checked himself on his calculator and concluded he had lost the job.
到了外面，他在计算器上演算了一下，最后得出结论他已经失去了这份工作。
But two weeks later he was offered the post. He asked the chairman why he had been appointed when he had given the wrong answer.
但两周后，他却得到了这个职位。他问董事长为什么他说错了答案还得到了工作。
“You were the closest,” the chairman replied.
“你是最接近的。”董事长回答说。
