A young man named Murphy applied for an engineering position at an Irish firm based in Dublin. An American also applied for the same job. Both applicants had the same qualifications were asked to take a test by the Department manager.

Upon completion of the test, both men had only missed one of the questions.

The manager went to Murphy and said, "Thank you for your interest, but we've decided to give the American the job."

Murphy said, "And why would you be doing that? We both got 9 questions correct. This being Ireland and me being Irish I should get the job!"

We have made our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you missed," replied the manager.

And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?"

The manager said, "It's simple. The American answered 'I don't know' to question #5. You put down 'Neither do I.'"


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