Thirty-five questions on the key ideas in Yan Sen Lu's book: the participation gap, the gaishikei paradox, reading a Japanese interview, the offer minefield, the Proximity Pipeline, the Reverse-Engineered Role and moving a Japan leadership team. Each answer explains the reasoning behind it.
Ten questions, about three minutes.
Newcomer 0–3 · Practitioner 4–5 · Professional 6–7 · Expert 8–9 · Master 10
Questions
How many questions are in this quiz?
Ten, drawn from a bank of 35 (3 easy, 4 medium, 3 hard). After each answer you see the explanation and the page it comes from.
How is my level decided?
By correct answers out of 10: Newcomer 0–3 · Practitioner 4–5 · Professional 6–7 · Expert 8–9 · Master 10.
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