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greasybugsy · 09-09-2007, 01:52 PM

A friend of mine had an interview a couple weeks ago with Google Inc. He provided me a list of just some of the questions he was asked. I’ve added a few more from others I have talked to who had interviews with the internet giant, Google, as well. See if you can answer them. Many are open ended with several right answers, therefore I did not provide the answers.

1. How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?

2. You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your original density. You are then thrown into an empty glass blender. The blades will start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do?

3. How much should you charge to wash all the windows in Seattle?

4. How would you find out if a machine’s stack grows up or down in memory?

5. Explain a database in three sentences to your eight-year-old nephew.

6. How many times a day does a clock’s hands overlap?

7. You have to get from point A to point B. You don’t know if you can get there. What would you do?

8. Imagine you have a closet full of shirts. It’s very hard to find a shirt. So what can you do to organize your shirts for easy retrieval?

9. Every man in a village of 100 married couples has cheated on his wife. Every wife in the village instantly knows when a man other than her husband has cheated, but does not know when her own husband has. The village has a law that does not allow for adultery. Any wife who can prove that her husband is unfaithful must kill him that very day. The women of the village would never disobey this law. One day, the queen of the village visits and announces that at least one husband has been unfaithful. What happens?

10. In a country in which people only want boys, every family continues to have children until they have a boy. if they have a girl, they have another child. if they have a boy, they stop. what is the proportion of boys to girls in the country?

11. If the probability of observing a car in 30 minutes on a highway is 0.95, what is the probability of observing a car in 10 minutes (assuming constant default probability)?

12. If you look at a clock and the time is 3:15, what is the angle between the hour and the minute hands? (The answer to this is not zero!)

13. Four people need to cross a rickety rope bridge to get back to their camp at night. Unfortunately, they only have one flashlight and it only has enough light left for seventeen minutes. The bridge is too dangerous to cross without a flashlight, and it’s only strong enough to support two people at any given time. Each of the campers walks at a different speed. One can cross the bridge in 1 minute, another in 2 minutes, the third in 5 minutes, and the slow poke takes 10 minutes to cross. How do the campers make it across in 17 minutes?

14. You are at a party with a friend and 10 people are present including you and the friend. your friend makes you a wager that for every person you find that has the same birthday as you, you get $1; for every person he finds that does not have the same birthday as you, he gets $2. would you accept the wager?

15. How many piano tuners are there in the entire world?

16. You have eight balls all of the same size. 7 of them weigh the same, and one of them weighs slightly more. How can you find the ball that is heavier by using a balance and only two weighings?

17. You have five pirates, ranked from 5 to 1 in descending order. The top pirate has the right to propose how 100 gold coins should be divided among them. But the others get to vote on his plan, and if fewer than half agree with him, he gets killed. How should he allocate the gold in order to maximize his share but live to enjoy it? (Hint: One pirate ends up with 98 percent of the gold.)

Do you still think you have what it takes to work for Google?

greasybugsy · 09-09-2007, 01:54 PM

I just found this on a random website, it's not personally my friend..

I was messing around with Firefox - stumble upon.. I always find the weirdest stuff.

pyromanaic414 · 09-09-2007, 01:58 PM

some are easy. some are stupid....what kinda jobs do u do at google?

greasybugsy · 09-09-2007, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greasybugsy

I just found this on a random website, it's not personally my friend..

I was messing around with Firefox - stumble upon.. I always find the weirdest stuff.

That's why i said that ^^

Pretty weird questions for a job interview though!

LooieENG · 09-09-2007, 02:07 PM

"15. How many piano tuners are there in the entire world?"

What the fuck?

Calico · 09-09-2007, 02:31 PM

16. You have eight balls all of the same size. 7 of them weigh the same, and one of them weighs slightly more. How can you find the ball that is heavier by using a balance and only two weighings?

any ideas on this 1.... ive heard it as a riddle before... but with coins
but never worked it out

greasybugsy · 09-09-2007, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LooieENG

"15. How many piano tuners are there in the entire world?"

What the fuck?

Like really, how do you answer that?

sigma45 · 09-09-2007, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greasybugsy

Like really, how do you answer that?

guess

swagger · 09-09-2007, 05:32 PM

aint no way google b playin mind games wit they interviews

qwerty123456 · 09-09-2007, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greasybugsy

Like really, how do you answer that?

You say you'd google it

09-09-2007, 01:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
greasybugsy Rap GodFather Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Great White North Posts: 5,443	Crazy Questions at Google Job Interview A friend of mine had an interview a couple weeks ago with Google Inc. He provided me a list of just some of the questions he was asked. I’ve added a few more from others I have talked to who had interviews with the internet giant, Google, as well. See if you can answer them. Many are open ended with several right answers, therefore I did not provide the answers. 1. How many golf balls can fit in a school bus? 2. You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your original density. You are then thrown into an empty glass blender. The blades will start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do? 3. How much should you charge to wash all the windows in Seattle? 4. How would you find out if a machine’s stack grows up or down in memory? 5. Explain a database in three sentences to your eight-year-old nephew. 6. How many times a day does a clock’s hands overlap? 7. You have to get from point A to point B. You don’t know if you can get there. What would you do? 8. Imagine you have a closet full of shirts. It’s very hard to find a shirt. So what can you do to organize your shirts for easy retrieval? 9. Every man in a village of 100 married couples has cheated on his wife. Every wife in the village instantly knows when a man other than her husband has cheated, but does not know when her own husband has. The village has a law that does not allow for adultery. Any wife who can prove that her husband is unfaithful must kill him that very day. The women of the village would never disobey this law. One day, the queen of the village visits and announces that at least one husband has been unfaithful. What happens? 10. In a country in which people only want boys, every family continues to have children until they have a boy. if they have a girl, they have another child. if they have a boy, they stop. what is the proportion of boys to girls in the country? 11. If the probability of observing a car in 30 minutes on a highway is 0.95, what is the probability of observing a car in 10 minutes (assuming constant default probability)? 12. If you look at a clock and the time is 3:15, what is the angle between the hour and the minute hands? (The answer to this is not zero!) 13. Four people need to cross a rickety rope bridge to get back to their camp at night. Unfortunately, they only have one flashlight and it only has enough light left for seventeen minutes. The bridge is too dangerous to cross without a flashlight, and it’s only strong enough to support two people at any given time. Each of the campers walks at a different speed. One can cross the bridge in 1 minute, another in 2 minutes, the third in 5 minutes, and the slow poke takes 10 minutes to cross. How do the campers make it across in 17 minutes? 14. You are at a party with a friend and 10 people are present including you and the friend. your friend makes you a wager that for every person you find that has the same birthday as you, you get $1; for every person he finds that does not have the same birthday as you, he gets $2. would you accept the wager? 15. How many piano tuners are there in the entire world? 16. You have eight balls all of the same size. 7 of them weigh the same, and one of them weighs slightly more. How can you find the ball that is heavier by using a balance and only two weighings? 17. You have five pirates, ranked from 5 to 1 in descending order. The top pirate has the right to propose how 100 gold coins should be divided among them. But the others get to vote on his plan, and if fewer than half agree with him, he gets killed. How should he allocate the gold in order to maximize his share but live to enjoy it? (Hint: One pirate ends up with 98 percent of the gold.) Do you still think you have what it takes to work for Google? __________________ Infamous Syndicate Music Infamous Syndicate XXX

09-09-2007, 01:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
greasybugsy Rap GodFather Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Great White North Posts: 5,443	I just found this on a random website, it's not personally my friend.. I was messing around with Firefox - stumble upon.. I always find the weirdest stuff. __________________ Infamous Syndicate Music Infamous Syndicate XXX

09-09-2007, 01:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
pyromanaic414 Rap GodFather Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: FLA ALL DAY (772) Posts: 30,178	some are easy. some are stupid....what kinda jobs do u do at google? __________________

09-09-2007, 02:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
LooieENG Rap GodFather Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Keighley, England Posts: 6,172	"15. How many piano tuners are there in the entire world?" What the fuck? __________________

09-09-2007, 02:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
Calico Sikh Soulja Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,129	16. You have eight balls all of the same size. 7 of them weigh the same, and one of them weighs slightly more. How can you find the ball that is heavier by using a balance and only two weighings? any ideas on this 1.... ive heard it as a riddle before... but with coins but never worked it out __________________ Contact me if you have a blocked mobile phone lying around

09-09-2007, 05:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
swagger Rap GodFather Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: GA Posts: 5,114	aint no way google b playin mind games wit they interviews __________________

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