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ACRON,Inc.
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Lew W. Reese, Jr. was seated comfortably in one of the boardrooms of ACRON, Inc. One final test and he would then be hired as one of the company's top executives with a seven figure monthly salary and all the perks. Exactly for what top level office, he was not told by the executive search committee. Our Chairman feels strongly about your name, they told him.
After a few minutes, the charming assistant of the Chairman entered the room and gave him a piece of paper marked 44444.
He almost fell from his chair when he read it because he was clueless as to the officers of the company.
The paper read:
A.EXECUTIVE OFFICES
1. PRESIDENT: Mountains of Work. Rush Work. More Work or Bust.
2. CFO: Number Crunches. Value Operations.
3. CORPSEC: monthly meetings every 30 days.
4. VP-PLANNING: Environment and Competition Analysis
5. VP-MARKETING: Market Expansion in all Directions.
B. NAMES OF EXECUTIVES (not in order)
1. Steve A. Norfolk, Jr.
2. Milton David A. Swanson
3. Norman S. E. Waldorf
4. Wilma S. Ocier-Tellaney
Questions:
a. Who occupies which position?
b. Why are you being considered for the vacant office aside from your qualifications?
Note: Please do not disappoint us by looking at the HINT.
What should be Lew's answers?
After a few minutes, the charming assistant of the Chairman entered the room and gave him a piece of paper marked 44444.
He almost fell from his chair when he read it because he was clueless as to the officers of the company.
The paper read:
A.EXECUTIVE OFFICES
1. PRESIDENT: Mountains of Work. Rush Work. More Work or Bust.
2. CFO: Number Crunches. Value Operations.
3. CORPSEC: monthly meetings every 30 days.
4. VP-PLANNING: Environment and Competition Analysis
5. VP-MARKETING: Market Expansion in all Directions.
B. NAMES OF EXECUTIVES (not in order)
1. Steve A. Norfolk, Jr.
2. Milton David A. Swanson
3. Norman S. E. Waldorf
4. Wilma S. Ocier-Tellaney
Questions:
a. Who occupies which position?
b. Why are you being considered for the vacant office aside from your qualifications?
Note: Please do not disappoint us by looking at the HINT.
What should be Lew's answers?
Hint
copy furnished:SANJ
MDAS
NSEW
WSOT
The category is group.
Answer
a.MDAS is CFO. Multiply, Divide, Add and Subtract are the 4 basic arithmetic OPERATIONS.
SANJ is CORPSEC. Sept., Apr., Nov., and June are the 4 MONTHS with 30 days.
WSOT is VP-PLANNING. Weaknesses, Strengths, Opportunities and Threats are the 4 areas of ANALYSIS in business planning.
NSEW is VP-MARKETING. North, South, East and West are 4 DIRECTIONS.
b. LWRJ is being considered as PRESIDENT because of his initials Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt and Jefferson are 4 PRESIDENTS whose BUSTS are in MOUNT RUSH MORE.
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Clever, I got WSOT by process of elimination though, I wasn't familiar with that group.
NSEW is all I got, but I marveled at the solution.
I am sure you got My Dear Aunt Sally too Cod. ACRONyms?
Actually, that one got past me. And I am really intrigued by Mr. "Lew W. Reese" And ACRON only occured to me this morning on my way out the door!
Jun 23, 2003
Amazinggggg. If there is a better teaser somewhere, kindly let me know. You should write a Book, Hook.
That was hard.
Very good. Very hard. I got the "Initial" idea, but couldn't associate all of them.
Impresive! All I got was the NSEW one.
Man that was hard... Amazingly well thought out though!
Hard to know all the other ones than the basic.
Hard to know all the other ones than the basic.
thanks Murf,Wily Willy, and Tania.
That was a great teaser. Its my absolute favorite.
griphook i see u have a well structured mind, but spice up your riddles a bit mate ! thumbs up to u though!!
appreciate the comments. i will try harder next time
I now feel stupid.
wow
IT IS SURPRISING THIS DID NOT RATE 4.0 IN DIFFICULTY. A DOUBLE 3.0 NONETHELESS
thanks to all... i am particularly happy with double 3.0 teasers
Nov 13, 2003
This is one of those teasers that when you find out the answe you think to yourself that if I had just looked harder I probably still could not find the answer. Then when you see the answer you say well that really makes scents. So bravoe to who ever made that up.
Ouch! I was way off! Very good drainer! Drained me..... LOL!
A very hard and clever riddle, I admit. Yet, it is a very ridiculous riddle. I mean, I spent so much time on it without any luck that I thought I was stupid. When I peaked at the solution, it was surprising to see that it talked about the acronyms of the initials of the rest of the executives.
I mean, think about it, no one would have thought of such a solution except the creator of the riddle him/herself. In addition to that, those whose mother tongue is not English will surely encounter troubles solving this riddle.
I think a good riddle should be more general and is open to any universal logical interpretations (i.e: the 5 hats riddle, the farmer, wolf, and cabbage riddle, the 3 missionaries + 3 cannibals riddle, etc.)
Cute riddle!
I mean, think about it, no one would have thought of such a solution except the creator of the riddle him/herself. In addition to that, those whose mother tongue is not English will surely encounter troubles solving this riddle.
I think a good riddle should be more general and is open to any universal logical interpretations (i.e: the 5 hats riddle, the farmer, wolf, and cabbage riddle, the 3 missionaries + 3 cannibals riddle, etc.)
Cute riddle!
thanks for the comments... i will try harder next time..
Brilliant!!! I got the NSEW bit soon after i realised what ACRON meant but after that I couldn't think of anything.
thanks... and happy holidays
thanks a lot for such generous praise...
You deserve all the praises grip. You are the best, no doubt.
Griphook you should write a book! I haven't found one of your teasers that I haven't loved. This one is one of my favorites. I found the MDAS and NESW. Very clever, especially with the title.
Thank you so much
I only got it cause i was studying American History while i was solving this riddle so I thought of the president... cool riddle thou
Jun 30, 2004
On leaving the test the charming executive assistant asked "What is not wet? But if you dont pour it out then will never be complete?"
Extremely well done, great job!
may thanks SMarty
Probably one of the best teasers I have seen on Braingle! It was beautifully done! I got the initials bit and even got the NSEW link, but that was about it!
much too generous... but thanks
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