Some of these questions may seem a little silly to you, but you'd be surprised what they indicate about general intelligence and adaptability and so forth.
11 seconds sound clip from the Desk Set (1957) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:29:55 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Ideal place for concentration. Isn't it? No waiters, no people, no telephones.
- Now, I have a kind of a personality questionnaire here.
- And they may also be a bit of a tease for your memory.
- Just answer the question, you know, without, uh, dw... Don't dwell on the question.
- Uh, often when we meet people for the first time, some physical characteristic strikes us.
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