Last but two weekends back I was parachuted (non-literally) into Bangalore, for a batch recruiting event; the following week I was mainly recovering
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How is the fox and three chickens meant to evaluate their out of the box thinking? It's a well known puzzle, and I'd be astonished if someone came up with a smart alec response that was really original
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Wouldn't it be better to kill the fox, and then you can do what you like with the chickens?
Somewhere or other apparently used to ask "Why are manhole covers round?". (The correct answer being any of "because manholes are round", "So they can't fall down manholes" or, actually "They're not; they're square or rectangular or triangular or polygonal just as often as they're round if not more so". (I know this last one; I checked.))
I used to hate big recruitment days like that; we all used to fall asleep in the washup sessions :)
My feeble brain wants to answer the fox/chickens thing. I'd take the fox over, come back for two chickens, deposit chickens in hutch, take fox back with me and then grab the final chicken. I shall assume this is incorrect.
Aye, it was a struggle... Your fox-chicken answer is the most logical correct answer; there are other options such as simply killing the fox or pushing the chickens across in the boat with the farmer wading or swimming :)
Call chicken-mover-contractor, take fox drinking, pay contractor when the job's done. Easy.
Stick chickens inside fox, stick fox in hutch, all chickens are now inside the hutch. Easy (you didn't specify that hte chickens were to be uneaten).
Eat one chicken, seat self and two chickens in boat, go across, go into hutch, all chickens in hutch (better than above, two chicken are alive).
There's also a slew of boring solutions, but I shall leave that for your interviewees to have answered, before.
Yes, local water that has not been boiled is interesting, bottled or not. I find that I usually do better if I void myself entirely, then curl up in a little ball of misery. I tend to be bouncing back after 12-18 hours and be hungry as a hungry thing. But, then, I have a well-behaved immune system, mostly.
I find it eminently catharctis to void the entirety of my stomach in one go, instead in fifty-eleven painful portions spread throuhg eth day. INgestion of water prior to voiding eases things. Yes, indeed, flu kicks that way for me. :(
If you get the chance to go to Mysore, I strongly recommend it; much less busy than Bangalore (obviously), but a much nicer place.
The restaurant at the Hotel Dasaprakash does excellent masala dhosas, Chamundi Hill is amazing (especially if you walk up the 1000+ steps); and the palace is breathtaking.
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Somewhere or other apparently used to ask "Why are manhole covers round?". (The correct answer being any of "because manholes are round", "So they can't fall down manholes" or, actually "They're not; they're square or rectangular or triangular or polygonal just as often as they're round if not more so". (I know this last one; I checked.))
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I'm not sure when I last saw a round manhole, now you mention it.
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My feeble brain wants to answer the fox/chickens thing. I'd take the fox over, come back for two chickens, deposit chickens in hutch, take fox back with me and then grab the final chicken. I shall assume this is incorrect.
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Stick chickens inside fox, stick fox in hutch, all chickens are now inside the hutch. Easy (you didn't specify that hte chickens were to be uneaten).
Eat one chicken, seat self and two chickens in boat, go across, go into hutch, all chickens in hutch (better than above, two chicken are alive).
There's also a slew of boring solutions, but I shall leave that for your interviewees to have answered, before.
Yes, local water that has not been boiled is interesting, bottled or not. I find that I usually do better if I void myself entirely, then curl up in a little ball of misery. I tend to be bouncing back after 12-18 hours and be hungry as a hungry thing. But, then, I have a well-behaved immune system, mostly.
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The restaurant at the Hotel Dasaprakash does excellent masala dhosas, Chamundi Hill is amazing (especially if you walk up the 1000+ steps); and the palace is breathtaking.
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