Looking for Chief Financial Officer

An accountant from Cork applies for the position of Chief Financial Officer. There are a number of candidates and he is called in for an interview.

They ask him a number of questions and one of the panel suddenly says "What is nine multiplied by four?" He thinks quickly and says "Thirty five."

When the interview is over he goes outside, takes out his calculator and finds the correct answer is not thirty five. He thinks “Well, I blew that” and goes home very disappointed.

Next day he is rung up and told he has got the job. "Wonderful," he says, "but what about nine multiplied by four? My answer wasn’t right."

"We know, but of all the candidates you came the closest."