Brain Teaser Interview Questions

“Please provide a narrative supporting your answer to the above question, including information on the circumstances, the complexity of the work performed, the length of time, and the organization where the work was performed. Please limit your response to a 1/2 typewritten page (1,500 characters) maximum length 8,000 characters.”

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“Why would you like to work here?”

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“Why manholes are round?”

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“print this pattern if input is 6
                                            1
                                          2 3
                                        4 5 6 ... and so on ... if the input doesnt fit the pattern, give the remainder ....”

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“You are in a room with 3 light switches, there is another room you cannot see with 3 light bulbs. Each switch is known to control exactly one of the bulbs. How can you tell which bulb is controlled by which switch, if you can only walk into the room with the bulbs one time”

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“There's a river, 5 people on one side that want to cross over, and a single boat. Only two people may go into the boat at the same time. Each person needs a different amount of time to cross the river, and the boat always moves with the speed of the slowest person in the boat. How can they cross over in 20 minutes?”

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“A 22-23 year old girl, who is getting a bachelor's degree, is taking her 100 year old grandmother for her driving test. What can you say about this family?”

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“Can you estimate the number of 7/11 stores in Northern California?”

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“There's three covered baskets of fruit labeled: apples, oranges, and mixed (apples and oranges). You know the labels are all incorrect. Relabel the baskets correctly by only reaching into one basket. Which basket did you reach into? And, how would you relabel based on the results?”

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