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Google admits those infamous brainteasers were completely useless for hiring
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| June 20, 2013
| Adam Pasick
Posted on 06/22/2013 8:31:47 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer
Not quite as momentous as confirmation that the government is indeed copying all our emails, but it’s always nice to check another thing off the “I knew it all along” list.
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posted on
06/22/2013 8:41:19 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: Vince Ferrer
How much should you charge to wash all the windows in Seattle? $200 Billion — because I hate Seattle.
Design an evacuation plan for San Francisco
Free — make sure all the exist are destroyed and nuke the site from orbit: population evacuation complete.
How many times a day does a clocks hands overlap?
23 or 24, basically once an hour, it depends on if you're counting 000-2359:59, or 0000-2400.
A man pushed his car to a hotel and lost his fortune. What happened?
The Federal Reserve inflated money in that time so much it became worthless.
You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your original density. You are then thrown into an empty glass blender. The blades will start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do?
Use my now proportionally superhuman strength to shatter the blender with a punch — it only said my mass was reduced, not my strength.
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posted on
06/22/2013 8:41:20 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Vince Ferrer
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posted on
06/22/2013 8:44:18 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Vince Ferrer
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manhole cover are round because.... unlike a square, they cannot be dropped through their own hole!!!
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posted on
06/22/2013 8:46:13 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Chode
Dang! I knew that one. I should be working at Apple.
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posted on
06/22/2013 8:49:16 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: Chode
manhole cover are round because.... unlike a square, they cannot be dropped through their own hole!!! i knew that one but obama's head is round and it fits in a round orifice.
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posted on
06/22/2013 8:52:57 PM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(We should not fear our government. Our government shoud fear us.)
To: Vince Ferrer
They serve primarily to make the interviewer feel smart.
***Precisely.
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posted on
06/22/2013 8:53:21 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
To: DManA
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you and me too...
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posted on
06/22/2013 8:53:40 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: bravo whiskey
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100%, but i can't tell if it's cause he likes the smell or the view...
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posted on
06/22/2013 8:55:11 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Vince Ferrer
How they go about answering the question, not the particular answer they give, can tell you (possibly) a lot about the interviewees as future employees.....
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/22/2013 8:58:24 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Vince Ferrer
DOJ probably said brainteasers were discriminatory.
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posted on
06/22/2013 8:58:34 PM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: Chode
Manager is interviewing a prospect.
Manager: What is your biggest weakness?
Interviewee: My honesty.
Manager: I don't consider honesty a weakness.
Interviewee: I don't give a crap what you think.
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posted on
06/22/2013 9:03:50 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: Chode
That’s not the answer they’ve looking for, even though it’s truer. The manhole cover is round because the manhole is round.
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posted on
06/22/2013 9:04:28 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
To: OneWingedShark
"You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your original density. You are then thrown into an empty glass blender. The blades will start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do?" You could really measure the "height" of a nickle two ways. When you lay a nickel on a table, its thickness is its height, and would be well below the blades of most blenders I've ever seen. You could simply stand there, light up a smoke and enjoy the breeze.
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posted on
06/22/2013 9:06:22 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: OneWingedShark
"You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your original density. You are then thrown into an empty glass blender. The blades will start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do?" You could really measure the "height" of a nickle two ways. When you lay a nickel on a table, its thickness is its height, and would be well below the blades of most blenders I've ever seen. You could simply stand there, light up a smoke and enjoy the breeze.
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posted on
06/22/2013 9:06:27 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Vince Ferrer; AT7Saluki
(How many piano tuners are there in the entire world? Why are manhole covers round?)How many tight ends can the Patriots go through in one offseason? (And no, Tebow doesn't count.)
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posted on
06/22/2013 9:06:32 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: DManA
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LOL!!!
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posted on
06/22/2013 9:08:10 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Cyber Liberty
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and the fact that the manhole is round so the cover won't fall through it is lost on them... they didn't want the real answer, they wanted the answer they wanted.
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posted on
06/22/2013 9:10:32 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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