This Scenario Test Will Reveal Your Hidden Core Skill

You’re working at a café,
and two children come in.
They each order
a chocolate muffin,
but there’s only one left.
You...

Let them decide who gets the last muffin

Give it to one child, and give the other child a suggestion for what to have instead

Tell them there’s one left but give a suggestion of what they can both have instead

Suggest they share the muffin

Go to the kitchen to check on an ETA for a new batch

Give one the muffin, and give the other child a brownie on the house

Your best friend tells you they’ve broken up with their partner,
and they seem really upset.

What’s your reaction?

Go over to their house immediately

Reassure them and try to cheer them up

Ask your friend what they want you to do for them

Suggest you, them, and your friends meet up

Ask them what happened

Make them a playlist of breakup songs they’ll like

A friend was supposed to
meet you 20 minutes ago,
but they haven’t shown up.

You...

Give up and go home

Send them a text to see if they’re OK

Find out if another friend is free to hang out instead

Check the last time they were online

Wait another 10 minutes

Wander around the area until you find a café or shop you can wait in

You’re almost at school when
you realise you’ve left your
lunch at home.

What do you do?

Raid the school tuck shop

Text your parents to see if they can bring it to school

See if there are leftovers from one of the Food Tech lessons

Ask your teacher if you can go home at lunch to get it

Ask your parents to ping you money for lunch

Get your friends to give you bits from their lunches

It’s Saturday morning, and you realise you’ve accidentally
made two plans
for the evening.

What do you do?

Try to cram both things into your evening

Go to the more fun option and cancel on the other

Go to the option you said yes to first and cancel on the other

Ask your group chat which option you should go to

Cancel one option but reschedule it at the same time

Be honest with both friends about the slip-up to see who can reschedule

What do you look for when
buying a present for
someone else?

An expensive present your friend group can all put money towards

A generic present that’s affordable

A present that is meaningful or personal

An experience gift, rather than an object

I usually make presents instead of buying them

A present that you think they actually want

You’re running late for school when you realise your train is cancelled.

What do you do?

Look up replacement buses

Send a text to your group chat so they know you're delayed

Order a taxi

Walk to a different train station

Send an email to your teacher explaining and wait for the next train

Wait for the next train and explain to your teacher when you arrive

What’s most important to you when solving a problem?

Keeping everyone happy with the solution

Getting the problem out of the way quickly

Finding a new way of solving it

Finding people who can help you arrive at the best solution

Taking your time to solve it in the best possible way

Solving it before someone else does

This Scenario Test Will Reveal Your Hidden Core Skill

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