a) Admit it and apologise
b) Quickly change the subject
c) Brazen it out, if necessary telling more and bigger lies

If a), stop now. There’s no way you’re a psychopath. If b) or c), continue.

2. You find two colleagues in the stationery cupboard at the office party. Do you:

a) Turn briskly away and forget about it
b) Laugh crudely and invite others to watch
c) Assure them with the sincerity of a snake-oil salesman that their secret is safe

If a), stop now, you unpsychopathic prude. If b) skip to question 4. If c), continue.

3. You are asked to fire your immediate subordinate. Do you:

a) Refuse
b) Agonise but do it
c) Take him for lunch, hint at a promotion, then slide in the stiletto over cigars

If a) or b), stop now. If c), skip to question 5.

4. You are asked to be team leader on a management retreat involving role-playing in a faceless hotel off the M25. Do you:

a) Demur, saying you’re a team player
b) Accept but blush
c) Leap to your feet saying “I thought you’d never ask”

If a) or b) stop now. You’re no psychopath, and won’t get far in business either. If c) you could well be a low-grade corporate psychopath of the bullying variety. Prospects: Fair to middling as long as you don’t get done for sexual harassment.

5. You are offered ten million worthless share options in the unknown fudge company you work for. Do you:

a) Turn them down, saying options are the curse of modern business
b) Accept them and work diligently to help your boss become the king of fudge
c) Accept them, take over the firm, buy TV and phone networks on several continents with billions of pounds you can never repay.

If a) or b) you are principled but dull. If c) you may be a top-grade corporate psychopath. Prospects: unlimited, including jail.