Short quiz

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and tells whether you are qualified to be a “manager”.

The questions are not that difficult.

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?

Wrong Answer: Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the refrigerator.

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.

3-The Lion King is hosting an animal conference, all the animals attend except one

Which animal doesn’t attend?

Correct Answer: The Elephant

The Elephant is in the refrigerator

This tests your memory.

OK, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your abilities.

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 Meeting!

This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

According to Andersen Consulting World wide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong.

But many pre-schoolers got several correct answers.

Andersen Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most management consultants have the brains of a four-year-old.