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Question 1.

posted 10 years ago by bigBang8
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Invigilator: There is one question before you, and one answer is required. If you try to communicate with myself or the guard, you will be disqualified. If you spoil your paper, intentionally or accidentally, you will be disqualified. If you choose to leave this room for any reason, you will be disqualified.

Invigilator: Any questions?

He clearly said There is one question before you, and one answer is required. Then he scared them by telling about disqualification under specific circumstances. However we all know test doesn't begin until someone says so. In this case timer. Any questions? Was THE question. The answer was No. Or No questions. If any of them had balls to say it at the start, they would've been hired off the bat. Maybe not before the test, but afterwards. Regardless of how it went. U can see the disappointment in invigilator when no one dared to say no.

The test was waiting out the timer, doing absolutely nothing. Patience to detail. if they missed the first answer. They could maybe find it on paper. Apparently the job requires you to say no a lot. Which was made evident in the end. There's not enough pills for everyone. At first maybe.

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[–] MoviemanCin 9 years ago

Yes, but if they answered him wouldn't that be communicating with him and thus a disqualification?

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[–] Scarlett-Lili 9 years ago

I don't think so - because the test only started after the Invigilator started the clock and said "Begin". If one of the candidates had answered "No" before the clock was started, he wouldn't have been disqualified.

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[–] crc-4 9 years ago

I don't think so - because the test only started after the Invigilator started the clock and said "Begin". If one of the candidates had answered "No" before the clock was started, he wouldn't have been disqualified.

Yes but thats kind of silly since that means the test is already over before the timer even started. But the timer itself indicates when the test began. I know a lot of people think is smart movie some how but a play on a word is not a test.

[–] mollekake 9 years ago

You are right. They could only answer during the time or after it had run out. In theory, they could all sit silently for 80 minutes and answer "NO" at the end and they would all get it.

[–] steve0810 9 years ago

But the only rules in there are the company's rules, therefore answering before the time started doesn't break any rules. The contestants were too caught up in the other rules that they had missed answering that first question would not have broken the rules