I found an interesting, amusing and challenging article at Business Insider, which claims to list fifteen questions actually posed by Google interviewers to prospective employees. They're a bit mind-boggling at first glance! They include:
- How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?
- How much should you charge to wash all the windows in Seattle?
- Why are manhole covers round?
- How many times a day do a clock's hands overlap?
- A man pushed his car to a hotel and lost his fortune. What happened?
There are more at the link - and yes, the answers are provided! To whet your appetite, here's the answer to the second question above:
This is one of those questions where the trick is to come up with an easier answer than the one that's seemingly being called for. We'd say. "$10 per window."
Interesting and entertaining reading, even if you don't want to work for Google!
Peter
3 comments:
The most interesting thing about the article is the discussion on the various questions in the comments. Can't believe the time & energy some people put into questions that are mainly used to guage an interviewees APPROACH to problem solving.
Having said that, the article and questions were also interesting.
Those look a 'lot' like Mensa questions... :-)
Kind of an urban legend, Peter, and debunked here.
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