Chapter 1 A weird written test
(All the questions in this paper are short answer questions. You only need to write down the answer. Please complete the answer within 60 minutes)
Q1: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Q2: What is the biggest difference between humans and animals?
Q3: What are the fundamental reasons for the different development speeds of different ethnic groups on different continents?
Q4: Why did Rome fall?
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Q100: Why can paper clips bend?
After getting the test paper, Li Yu briefly scanned the questions on it and was stunned. Then he turned the paper back to the first side and carefully checked the header of the test paper.
After confirming that this was indeed a written test question from this company called Third Century Consulting Co., Ltd., he frowned.
Recently, Li Yu has been busy with job-hopping. He checked various companies to submit resumes, and also found some friends to help with internal referrals. In two and a half months, he has participated in more than 20 rounds of interviews and written tests.
Generally speaking, the written test of most companies is a personality test, with professional knowledge assessment plus some practical tests and the like.
The most baffling written test question that Li Yu had ever seen was asking him if Iron Man and Bruce Wayne went to war, what impact would it have on the trend of A-shares the next day... This question is already ridiculous, but if you insist on saying it, It can be regarded as assessing the job seeker's logical thinking (nonsense) and adaptability.
The test paper in front of me can only be described as outrageous.
Li Yu didn't understand at all why he needed to know how Rome fell when he was doing management consulting. Could it be that the company thought that among its future clients there would be Constantine XI, the last emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire? Not to mention that these one hundred questions not only involve history, but also cover a variety of subjects such as philosophy, sociology, materials science, etc.
Li Yu even saw geographical and climatological issues such as "Why is the rainfall in East Asia much higher than that in North Africa and West Asia, both belonging to the subtropical high pressure belt?"
It once made him suspect that this company had no intention of recruiting people at all, and was just calling a few applicants to make his boring workplace life more interesting.
In fact, a fresh college student who came to apply for the job with him had already thrown down the paper in his hand after reading the questions, and then slammed the gel pen in his hand on the table to show his dissatisfaction.
Then he picked up his shoulder bag and left without saying a word.
There were four applicants including Li Yu left in the No. 3 conference room that was used as a temporary examination room.
One of the girls with short hair must have just graduated from campus, and her face looks like a typical good girl.
According to Li Yu's workplace experience over the past three years, most such girls have good tempers, are obedient and obedient to leaders, and are very careful in their work. The disadvantage is that they are very obedient, push one step at a time, and have poor independent initiative.
In addition, I don’t know how to say no, I’m not very good at protecting myself, and I’m easily fooled by my boss.
If there is another male leader with evil intentions, he will probably be eaten to the bone, but this has nothing to do with Li Yu.
One of the rules of survival in the workplace is to stay out of your own business.
If the school is an ivory tower, then society is a forest.
Each small animal plays its own role in it. Some are predators and some are prey. Together, they build a complete set of distinct and orderly food chains.
The short-haired girl did not get up in arms like the boys before, but looking at the weirder questions on the test paper, she probably felt the full malice of the question maker at this moment, her eyes could not help but turn red slightly, and she clenched her teeth. She pressed her lips to keep from crying on the spot.
After a while, I probably felt that I couldn’t answer a few questions even if I tried hard, so I finally gave up.
Pack your belongings and leave silently.
There were only three people left in the conference room at this time, a man in his forties with a shrewd look and a mustache who looked like an old man at first glance, a woman in her early thirties who was slightly fatter, looked tired and obviously lacked sleep, plus Li Yu.
The other two people's first reaction after seeing the questions on the test paper was similar to Li Yu's, they were both stunned.
But then the man with the mustache rolled his eyes and said actively, "This paper is a bit strange."
Li Yu didn't answer his question, he had already picked up his pen and started to answer the questions.
Sixty minutes and one hundred questions, the time is quite tight.
It's not like he didn't know that the content of this written test was nonsense, but he couldn't help it, the other party gave him too much.
The basic salary is 17,000 per month, and the performance bonus will be calculated separately according to the project. Although it is not clear how likely the bonus part will be cashed out, after all, more and more companies now like to make fuss about it and play word games when recruiting. .
But even the basic salary of 17,000 yuan is already attractive enough, not to mention that Third Age will fully pay five insurances and one fund for each employee. This alone can kill at least 80% of private companies on the market.
In addition, Li Yu also did a lot of homework before coming here. He searched for this company on both Tianyancha and Maimai. Apart from not much information on Maimai, he couldn't see any problems in other aspects.
If I have to say it, it is a bit too clean. It was established in July 2019 and it has been almost three years now. There is not a single piece of legal action information on Tianyan Check.
Law-abiding... doesn't look like a company.
In addition, as a consulting company, Third Century does not advertise much. However, Li Yu still found some of their previous cases on the official website, and followed the clues to find several companies or institutions that had served Third Age.
Subsequently, press releases on their cooperation with Third Century were also searched on the official websites of those companies and institutions.
In short, after preliminary investigation, Li Yu judged that the salary package offered by this company was relatively credible, which was why he came to take this written examination.
Even because of the impact of the epidemic, it is quite strange that Third Century still insists on choosing an offline written examination.
But I have applied for many companies, and I have encountered boss Li Yu who even deducted half of his salary and saved up half of his salary at the end of the year. He also claimed to be considerate of his employees to prevent employees from having no money to celebrate the New Year. Now this requirement is naturally unacceptable. Nothing.
As for the various and imaginative test questions on the paper, Li Yu is not an interdisciplinary talent, and he certainly cannot answer them all. In fact, there are too many knowledge points involved, and they are very complicated. Li Yu probably can’t answer them all. Anyone can make it.
So he picked out the ones he could write first, covered the rest if he could, and left the rest blank if he couldn't.
This is the test-taking habit that Li Yu has honed by taking hundreds of exams since childhood, and it has almost become his instinct.
For the first question, Li Yu thought about it and chose the egg.
The reason is simple. Chickens evolved from dinosaurs, and all known dinosaurs lay eggs, so eggs must have appeared before chickens.
For the second question, Li Yu first wrote down the object, hesitated for about two seconds, then crossed it out and rewritten the language.
In the third question, Li Yu wrote about the environment.
Li Yu didn't know how to answer the fourth question, so he wrote the universal answer of "internal and external troubles" in an attempt to fish in troubled waters.
Question 5…………
Seeing that Li Yu didn't pay attention to him, the bearded man was not angry and continued to talk, "Have you noticed that the questions on this paper are not closely related to the position we are applying for, and the HR who just brought us to the conference room did not ask We sat separately, and we were not allowed to talk while answering questions.”
"What do you mean..." The woman on the other side who was a little sleep-deprived was also troubled by the questions on the test paper, and was quite moved when she heard Mustache's words.
"That's right, this written test is apparently to test our astronomy, geography, humanities and politics, but in fact it is to test our ability to cooperate." Mustache said his deduction confidently.
"This paper obviously cannot be completed by one person, just like most of the daily work cannot be completed by one person. Many companies attach great importance to the team attributes of candidates when recruiting.
"So I suggested that the three of us form a temporary group. Everyone picks the questions they are good at and then put the answers together and work together to complete this assessment."
The sleep-deprived woman was persuaded by the mustache, but seeing that Li Yu still didn't react at all, she hesitated again, thought about it and asked, "But, but...if our answers are the same, will we be dismissed?" That’s cheating?”
"It doesn't matter," Mustache said with a smile, "We can explain to HR generously that we worked together to answer this paper, and if we want to pass it, everyone will pass it together."
After a pause, he asked again, "Where did you see the recruitment information this time? I received the invitation from the boss's direct recruitment."
"Me too," the sleep-deprived woman felt like she had found an organization. "It was so proactive and the salary was so good. I suspected he was a liar at the time."
"Yes, that recruitment information should have been sent out in bulk, and our written examination time was scheduled for ten days later. I estimate that many people had come to take the written examination before that, but the recruitment is still continuing, which shows that They haven’t found a particularly suitable candidate yet, probably because all the previous applicants are working alone.”
The sleep-deprived woman was completely convinced by Mustache, and turned to Li Yu and said, "What he said makes sense. Let's do this paper together."
Li Yu still didn't raise his head and said while writing, "The Third Age will only recruit one person this time."
After hearing this, Mustache answered quickly, "After passing the written test, it will be good for the three of us to compete fairly during the interview."
"Yes, fair play." The sleep-deprived woman echoed.
Li Yu finally stopped writing when he heard these words. He looked up at Mustache, then at the sleep-deprived woman, and said to the latter, "Give up your own advantages and use your own weaknesses and others' strengths." A head-on collision, how is this fair? ”
Seeing that the sleep-deprived woman was still hesitating, Li Yu sighed, "How old is your child? Who usually takes care of it?"
Having said this, Li Yu believed that the other party would be able to understand it as long as he was not hopelessly stupid.
Hidden workplace discrimination is everywhere. When it comes to the interview round, if she doesn't have the support of extremely excellent written test scores, she, a breastfeeding mother, will definitely be the first to be eliminated.
After being reminded by Li Yu, the sleep-deprived woman suddenly woke up. After that, she stopped mentioning teamwork and lowered her head to answer the questions. I'm back from fooling around~ Hehe, the update is tentatively scheduled for 6pm and 10pm. The new book requires everyone’s investment, voting and reading. Let’s set off~
(End of chapter)