A dilemma from dilemmas.day
Your partner has been unemployed for a thousand days and is on the brink of depression. They are a finalist for a job at your company, but the other candidate is clearly better. You make the call.
AHire the best
You hire the external candidate. You uphold professional justice, but your partner collapses and your relationship ends.
BHire my partner
You rig the evaluation to give them the job. You save your partner, but unfairly ruin an innocent person's career.
Sealed 2026-08-22
47%53%
Hire the best214 votesHire my partner
53% chose “Hire my partner”.
By country
- Spain1 votes
What each choice meant
A · Hire the best
You chose professional justice. Your partner collapsed.
The Impartial — Rules and fairness come before family ties.
B · Hire my partner
You chose your partner. You left an innocent candidate out.
The Protector — You shield those you love, no matter what the rules say.