Actual Interview Questions
In researching Interviews and how to answer those fun behavorial questions, I found an article which listed the following brainteasers as actual interview questions. Just ignore the odd Word formatting and read on. Answers tomorrow.
1. You have eight balls, one of which is slightly heavier than the others. You have a two-armed scale, which you are allowed to use only twice. Your challenge: find the ball that's heavier.
2. Calculate the number of degrees between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock (nondigital) that reads 3:15.
3. You have two containers; one holds five gallons, the other holds three. You can have as much water as you want. Your task: measure exactly four gallons of water into the five-gallon container.
4. You wake up one morning and there's been a power outage. You know you have 12 black socks and 8 blue ones. How many socks do you need to pull out before you've got a match?
5. You're trying to get to Truthtown. You come to a fork in the road. One road leads to Truthtown (where everyone tells the truth), the other to Liartown (where everyone lies). At the fork is a man from one of those towns -- but which one? You get to ask him one question to discover the way. What's the question?
6. Why manhole covers are round?
7. How many barbers there are in Chicago?
8. The government is building a highway through your neighborhood and you're forced to sell your home. How do you arrive at your asking price?
9. How many cubes are at the center of a Rubik's Cube?
10. You are in solitary confinement. It is Friday afternoon and you absolutely must have a cigarette. The only person who can give you one is the guard outside your cell. What do you do?