GordonGekko
Footballguy
Here is a hypothetical dilemma. (Some variations of it are used in stress test interviews/oral board interviews)
There is a ship that is sinking. It is guaranteed to fully sink in the next 10 minutes. Anyone still on board after that time will absolutely positively perish.
You are remotely controlling three doors ( You are not on the ship itself, but you can see everything happening via video and audio everywhere on the entire vessel ) . Each door has one person standing in front of it. Behind each door is a short hallway that leads to the same single lifeboat. There is only room for one passenger on said lifeboat. If that passenger gets on, they will be guaranteed to survive and return to civilization/organized society. The three people cannot talk to each other nor communicate with each other. You can see them upclose via cameras/video feed, but they cannot see you. They can talk to you via two way audio communication inside the camera on top of their door.
Person 1 - A young child. But old enough to understand the total consequences of this choice.
Person 2 - An elderly man whom has the direct personal knowledge base that includes the cure for cancer. All cancers. If he perishes, all that knowledge and the cure disappears with him forever.
Person 3 - A pregnant middle aged woman (Six months into term, very visible). She is the undisputed leader of a large drug cartel, responsible for torture, murder, human trafficking including children, organ harvesting, sex trafficking, weapons sales, kidnapping, assassinations and large scale drug dealing.
You can choose to pick one person to let onto the lifeboat. Or you can choose to let no one onto the lifeboat. You will not be held criminally liable for your decision. You will suffer no public nor private backlash/animosity for your decision. There is no way to allow more than one passenger to fit into the lifeboat ( the pregnant woman counts as "one passenger" in this scenario) You cannot receive any personal enrichment/personal enticement/material items of tangible value of any kind that specifically benefit you directly from any potential passenger to sway your decision. There are no substitutes allowed for the potential passengers. It's one of these three or no one at all.
You are allowed to ask each person one single question ( not a multi-part type, but an actual single question) before you make your decision. They must answer you and they must answer you truthfully.
Whom do you pick? Why did you pick them?
If you chose to ask them each a question, what specific question did you ask each of them? Why did you pick that question?
There is a ship that is sinking. It is guaranteed to fully sink in the next 10 minutes. Anyone still on board after that time will absolutely positively perish.
You are remotely controlling three doors ( You are not on the ship itself, but you can see everything happening via video and audio everywhere on the entire vessel ) . Each door has one person standing in front of it. Behind each door is a short hallway that leads to the same single lifeboat. There is only room for one passenger on said lifeboat. If that passenger gets on, they will be guaranteed to survive and return to civilization/organized society. The three people cannot talk to each other nor communicate with each other. You can see them upclose via cameras/video feed, but they cannot see you. They can talk to you via two way audio communication inside the camera on top of their door.
Person 1 - A young child. But old enough to understand the total consequences of this choice.
Person 2 - An elderly man whom has the direct personal knowledge base that includes the cure for cancer. All cancers. If he perishes, all that knowledge and the cure disappears with him forever.
Person 3 - A pregnant middle aged woman (Six months into term, very visible). She is the undisputed leader of a large drug cartel, responsible for torture, murder, human trafficking including children, organ harvesting, sex trafficking, weapons sales, kidnapping, assassinations and large scale drug dealing.
You can choose to pick one person to let onto the lifeboat. Or you can choose to let no one onto the lifeboat. You will not be held criminally liable for your decision. You will suffer no public nor private backlash/animosity for your decision. There is no way to allow more than one passenger to fit into the lifeboat ( the pregnant woman counts as "one passenger" in this scenario) You cannot receive any personal enrichment/personal enticement/material items of tangible value of any kind that specifically benefit you directly from any potential passenger to sway your decision. There are no substitutes allowed for the potential passengers. It's one of these three or no one at all.
You are allowed to ask each person one single question ( not a multi-part type, but an actual single question) before you make your decision. They must answer you and they must answer you truthfully.
Whom do you pick? Why did you pick them?
If you chose to ask them each a question, what specific question did you ask each of them? Why did you pick that question?