In some cases, I can see the relevance of the question to the job. In other cases, I can see that the interviewer doesn't have a clue.
Reminds me of the famous promotion board question: “Sergeant, how many holes are there in a C-Rat cracker?”
Once.
I'd parlay that either into a circus or film career.
Maybe involving Octomom.
No one? Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter in 1610. Copernicus published "On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres" in the 1540s. Belief in geocentric orbits of the planets went back before Christ. A question that void of basic knowledge might point out that I wouldn't want to work at that company.
Maybe the marketing slogan could be "Find Uranus before William Herschel does."
I’ve been asked a couple of questions like this before, and they don’t care what the answer is. They just want to see how creative you are, and how easily flustered you get when dealing with idiots who might ask a question like that. Cops do this also, its not what you answer, but how you answered it that interests them.
The correct answer to EVERY above question is.... 42.
“Citigroup: What is your strategy at table tennis?”
I don’t play table tennis.
“Capital One: How do you evaluate Subway’s five-foot long sub policy? “
I have no need use or purpose for a five foot long sub sandwich, so this question is irrelevant.
“Gryphon Scientific: How many cocktail umbrellas are there in a given time in the United States?”
He’s been to the Blue Oyster again, hasn’t he?
"The only winning move is not to play."
What is the smallest number divisible by 225 that consists of all 1’s and 0’s?
I would answer - 225 converted to binary
but if you were to remain in the decimal system, I would venture a guess that there is no such number. My logic would be that since 225 ends with a 5, the other factor would have to be a an even number. And since none of the single digit even numbers product the result required, that the answer would require the addition of the resulting long multiplication, and since no product of 2 and an even number produces a result with a zero .... that such a number does not exist.
(I’m likely to be wrong so don’t take my answer)
FR math gurus - Am I right or wrong?
On the eight marbles, you could answer one if you are lucky and two if you are smart. I wonder if that is what they are after.
Moe, Larry and Curly. Throw in Nestles and add Shemp.
Stupid question!
"Goood night...ding ding ding ding....Good night...ding ding ding..."
Facebook: Twenty five racehorses, no stopwatch, five tracks. Figure out the top three fastest horses in the fewest number of races.
7 races.
You are in a house with three upstairs rooms. In each of the rooms is a lightbulb in a wall socket. The switches for these three bulbs is in the basement. The switches are basic switches (Up = ON, Down = Off), but none are marked to indicate which room they go to.
Your job is to find out which switch goes to which bulb. But you only have one opportunity to go upstairs and check. There is no way to check which bulb is on from the basement. That can only be done from upstairs.
You can do anything you want to with the switches, but you only have one opportunity to go upstairs to find out what happens.
Under these circumstances, how can yuo find out which switch goes to which bulb?
btw, the answer to the Facebook question is 'one'.
I did go for the Procter and Gamble interview, including the most usual test I’ve been to...literally a group test where we had to stare at an origami at the table.
Staring at an origami figure on a desk. That was just part 1 of P & G’s test, back in 2007 after university.
If your potential boss asks you “how much is 2 plus 2” you answer “whatever you want it to be” ... you WILL get the job.