Technical Associate Interview Questions

“The brain teasers. They are not too difficult, but require you to reason and think quickly on your feet. Do some practice ones on your own prior to the interview. They will give you hints to help you…”

“With an unrelated background, why are you interested in this position.”

“I got one question that was very unexpected: What is the definition of a circle? Seriously.”

“Most unexpected: asking for my high school & college GPA during the interview, and my SAT score on the job application.”

“Give an example of a time you had to work out of your area of expertise.”

“You have a hefty anchor in a small boat, you throw the anchor into the water, what happens to the water level?”

“You have a room with 3 light bulbs in it, the switches are outside the room, you start outside the room, you can only go in the room once, how do you know which switches are for which bulbs?”

“Why is a manhole cover round?”

“My most interesting question would have to be the ‘light bulb switch’ scenario, asked during my interview with Yardi.

Question: You are standing outside a room next to three switches, all of…”