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Crazy Questions Google Asks During Interviews

Search giant wants employees good at brain-teasers

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(Newser) – Google is hiring, and we hear it’s a great place to work. But even if you’re an Ivy League grad with a great GPA, you’re going to have to survive the dreaded Google Interview process. How dreaded? Well, here are some questions they’ve asked, along with how Business Insider would answer them:

  • How much should you charge to wash all the windows in Seattle? The key here is to simplify the question. How about $10 per window?

  • How many piano tuners are there in the world? This is a classic “Fermi Problem.” You’re supposed to make estimates, then calculate an answer based on them.
  • Design an evacuation plan for San Francisco. This is all about how you tackle problems. Start by asking what disaster we’re preparing for.
  • How many times a day do a clock’s hands overlap? 22.
  • A man pushed his car to a hotel and lost his fortune. What happened? He landed on Boardwalk.
For more, check the sources. The first has the questions, the second the answers.

A worker at Google Inc.'s new campus in Kirkland, Wash., walks past a company sign built entirely out of Lego bricks and featuring the Space Needle, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.
A worker at Google Inc.'s new campus in Kirkland, Wash., walks past a company sign built entirely out of Lego bricks and featuring the Space Needle, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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DarkFrancis
Nov 5, 09 9:18 PM CST
In response to the clock question, I'd ask how many hands the clock in this example is supposed to have. That would probably flunk me, as 'human' in answer to 'what kind of animal would you be?' has fucked me up in the past. Reply
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timeandagain
Nov 6, 09 8:38 AM CST
DOH! geek...
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johncabell
Nov 6, 09 9:20 AM CST
Hands? :)
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Hip
Nov 5, 09 9:26 PM CST
Here's a question for GOP interviewers: How many colleges did you go to to get your Journalism degree? Reply
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KurtRambis4va
Nov 5, 09 11:44 PM CST
Wow!! Another clever and harsh criticism of the Republican party drawn from a completely irrelevant subject!! This one had more incisive fervor than the hundreds I've heard before, too. You've made all the frequent visitors to this site very proud
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