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Creative Accounting
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The accountant for the law firm of Dewey, Cheatham & Howe was retiring
after working for the firm for seventeen years. Cheatham was
interviewing applicants, and was disappointed, as only three had even
bothered to send in a resume.
After looking over the application of the first, an accountant with six
years experience at Goldman Sachs, he called the first applicant in, and
asked the woman what 2 plus 2 was.
She answered, "Four."
Cheatham said he would call her if she was selected.
The second candidate was a CPA from Harvard, and at the end of the
interview he was asked the same question, "What is two and two?"
The CPA replied, "Four." Cheatham told him that he would call the young
man if he was selected.
The third applicant was recently graduated in philosophy. Cheatham
figured that this wasn't going to go anywhere, but thought, "What the
hey? I've got nothing to lose."
He interviewed the young man quickly and asked, "I know you don't have
an accountancy background, but can you tell me what two plus two is?"
To which the philosophy major replied, "Can you tell me what would you
want it to be?"
And was hired on the spot.
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