Microsoft announced that they were looking for
someone to head their new office in Eastern Europe
and that Bill Gates himself would
conduct the screening.
After some preliminary interviews, the "short list"
of 5,000 applicants were asked to asemble in the
large hall at the Microsoft Headquarters. Bill Gates
walked in and thanked all of them for coming.
BILL GATES: Those of you that do not know JAVA, I
will have to ask you to please leave. 2,000 of them
leave.
MARIO DIMACULANGAN, one of the 5,000 applicants,
thinks to himself, "Sure I don't know JAVA but what
the heck, I have nothing to lose so I'm staying."
BILL GATES: Candidates that have had no experience
managing more than a hundred people, you, too, may
leave. Another 2,000 leave.
MARIO muses in his head, "Though it is only myself
that I have managed all my life, heck, what do I
have to lose if I stay?" And again,
Mario stays put.
BILL GATES: Those without a Masters Degree, Adios!
MARIO, a high school drop-out, figures that if he
stays, he still will have nothing to lose. So, he
decides not to budge while another 500
pass him by on their way out.
BILL GATES: Lastly, those not fluent in the
Serbo-Croat language, thank you for coming. Please
leave. 498 more walk out leaving only two left with
Bill Gates.
MARIO, after telling himself, "even if I do not know
a single word in Serbo-Croat, the fact remains that
I still will not lose anything by
staying," finds himself with just one other
applicant.
At this point Bill Gates asks them both to come
together beside him and says: "Very good!
Apparently, only both of you from among the lot can
speak Serbo-Croat. Now, if you please, gentlemen,
I'd like to hear both of you converse in that
language."
Calmly, Mario turns to the other candidate and says 'Wa ka kuyafi,dong?'
The other candidate answers 'Wala. Ikaw? Wa sad kaha ka at**a diha?'
Bill Gates Recruits Pinoy as New Microsoft Europe Chairman
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