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Bill Gates decides to organize an enormous session of recruitment for
a new chairman for Microsoft Europe. The 5000 candidates are all assembled
in a large room. One of the candidates is Maurice Cohen, a little Parisian
Jew.
Bill Gates thanks all the candidates for coming and asks that all those who
do not know JAVA program language rise and leave.
2000 people rise and leave the room. Maurice Cohen says to himself -
"I do not know this language but what have I got to lose if I stay? I'll
give it a try".
Bill Gates asks all the candidates that those who have never had experience
of team management of more than 100 people rise and leave. 2000 people rise and leave the room. Maurice Cohen says to himself - "I have never managed anybody but myself but what have I got to lose if I stay?
What can happen to me"? So he stays.
Then Bill Gates asks all the candidates who do not have excellent management diplomas to rise and leave. 500 people rise and leave the room.
Maurice Cohen says to himself - "I left school at 15 but what have I got to lose if I stay? So he stays in the room.
Lastly, Bill Gates asks all of the candidates who do not speak the
Serbo-Croat language to rise and leave. 498 people rise and leave the room.
Maurice Cohen says himself - "I do not speak Serbo-Croat but what the "Hell!
- Have I got anything to lose?" So he stays in the room. He finds himself
alone with one other candidate - everyone else has gone.
Bill Gates joins them and says: "Apparently you are the only two candidates
who speak Serbo-Croatian, so I'd now like to hear you both have a little
conversation in that language!
Calmly Maurice turns to the other candidate and says to him: "Baruch
ata Adonai "...
The other candidate answers: "Elohenu melech haolam.........."
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