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Interview Question for Actuarial Intern at Allstate:
Nov 29, 2011

Brain teaser questions such as: You are given three baskets of fruit labeled apples, oranges, and one with both. All of the labels are wrong. You are to pick one fruit from one of the baskets and then label them correctly.


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Nov 29, 2011

by Interview Candidate:

It is important to try it on your own so that in the interview your response is natural. The process you go through is most important to the interviewer.
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Dec 9, 2011

by Anonymous:

I would simply look at the fruit and move the labels accordingly.
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Jan 17, 2012

by Anonymous:

basket 1: A
basket 2: O
basket 3: O + A

choose from basket 3.

case 1: if selection is O, then
basket 3 is O, basket 2 is A and basket 1 is O + A

case 2: If selection is A, then basket 3 is A, basket 2 is O + A and basket 1 is O
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