Bill Gates

Bill Gates decides to organize an enormous session of recruitment for a
chairman for Microsoft Europe. The 5000 candidates are all assembled in a
large room. One of the candidates is Maurice Cohen, a little Parisian Jewish
Tunisian. Bill Gates thanks all the candidates for coming and asks that all
those who do not know the program language JAVA rise and leave.

2000 people rise and leave the room. Maurice Cohen says to himself "I do not
know this language but what have I got to lose if I stay? I'll give it a
try".

Bill Gates asks all the candidates that those who have never had experience
of team management of more than 100 people rise and leave. 2000 people rise
and leave the room. MauriceCohen says to himself "I have never managed
anybody but myself but what have I got to lose if I stay? What can happen to
me"? So he stays.

Then Bill Gates asks all the candidates who do not have excellent management
diplomas to rise and leave. 500 people rise and leave the room. Maurice
Cohen says to himself "I left school at 15 but what have I got to lose if I
stay? So he stays in the room.

Lastly, Bill Gates asks all of the candidates who do not speak Serbo-Croat
to rise and leave. 498 people rise and leave the room. Maurice Cohen says to
himself "I do not speak Serbo-Croat but what the hell !- have I got anything
to lose? " So he stays in the room.

He finds himself alone with one other candidate - everyone else has gone.

Bill Gates joins them and says : "Apparently you are the only two candidates
who speak Serbo-Croat, so I'd now like to hear you both have a little
conversation in that language? "

Calmly Maurice turns to the other candidate and says to him: Baroukh ata
Adonai ". The other candidate answers : "Elohenou melekh haolam..."