A high end and very well known business wants to hire a new accountant.
Posted by lampboy2@reddit | Jokes | View on Reddit | 20 comments
But everybody who went in for an interview got rejected. People with 30+ years in the industry were turned away like they were morons. The reputation of this job started to spread, and caught the attention of a kid who recently graduated college and was looking for a job in the field.
He figured he had nothing to lose, so he applied and was called into an interview with the CEO.
The CEO said "I only ask one question when looking for accountants." The kid gulped, but nodded. After a pause, the CEO asked:
"What's 1+1?"
Confused, the kid thought about the question for a bit, then smiled and answered "it's whatever you want it to be."
"You got the job," the CEO replied.
jjjodele@reddit
And I always thought it depended on whether you were buying or selling…
lhx555@reddit
No, not in bookkeeping.
ztreHdrahciR@reddit
The previous candidate's interview:
CEO: you have an impressive résumé, but there is a four year gap. Where were you during this time?
Candidate: Yale
CEO: wow that's impressive. You're hired.
Candidate: great I really need this yob
Malalang@reddit
I want to make a shirt that looks like the university merch. It's going to say "Yail" and maybe on the back "I really need this yob."
Would it sell?
ToLiveInIt@reddit
That kid? Arthur Anderson.
big_sugi@reddit
The business needed a new accountant because the old one was in prison.
Savings-Ad-1115@reddit
"Are you looking for a new accountant?"
"Yes. And for the old one too"
Unique_Anywhere5735@reddit
Sounds like a certain President.
Unique_Anywhere5735@reddit
Sounds like a certain President.
bustaflow25@reddit
Sell me a pencil.
posophist@reddit
Client: What time is it? Account Executive: What time would you like it to be?
Rough-Patience-2435@reddit
Depends on what the number system is based on. And everything is base 10.
CasUalNtT@reddit
When you say everything is base 10, do you mean that it's in base two since 10 is two in binary?
JamboForrest@reddit
But 10 is also 16 in hexadecimal. It works in any base system.
LetWest1171@reddit
Terence Howard was the CEO
JokeExplainBot@reddit
CEOs are stereotypically perceived to be unethical.
davorocks67@reddit
I think that was an old joke already when I started studying accounting some 40 years ago.
sundae_diner@reddit
Lol. It was President Bush, not a CEO, when I first heard it.
davorocks67@reddit
I'm pretty sure our professor told it the first day of my accounting 101 lecture.
Frustrated9876@reddit
Way more true than y’all would like to know…