If you’ve ever sweated through a job interview, then you know what it’s like to hold your breath as you wait for that next question. Will it be something off-the-wall that you can’t possibly answer . . . Or will it be a perfectly reasonable question . . . but one that will cause your mind to go blank the minute the interviewer asks it?

Maybe you heard the story of a young woman who was interviewing for admission into a top business school. The head professor began the interview.

“We can ask you ten easy questions or one really difficult question,” he said. “Choose carefully which you want.”

The young woman thought for a moment. “I would like to answer one really difficult question.”

The professor scowled. “Okay, if that’s your choice,” he said. “Which comes first, day or night?”

The s…