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- Think you’ve been asked some tricky job interview questions? We’ve compiled a list of some of the toughest prompts people have faced.
- Examples include "How would you measure the weight of the earth?" (Facebook) and "Tell me a joke" (J.P. Morgan Chase).
- Note that Google, and possibly other companies, have stopped asking brainteaser-type questions in the last few years — so lucky for you, there’s a chance you may not hear these at your next job interview.
Job interviews are stressful.
Even if the hiring manager is nice, and even if you feel you’re a perfect fit for the role, no one would fault you for breaking out in a sweat and fumbling a few questions.
But some job interviews are more nerve-racking than others. Over on Glassdoor, people have shared the tremendously tricky (and frankly, often bizarre) questions they’ve been asked during interviews at Amazon, Microsoft, McKinsey & Company, and elsewhere.
Google has said it’s banned brainteaser-y questions, with other companies following suit. So, you may not encounter these exact questions in your job interviews.
Still, it’s worth trying your hand at these puzzles to see how well you’d fare in these job candidates’ shoes.
There are 25 horses and 5 race tracks. How many races need to be run to select the top 5 horses?
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Job: Business operations analyst at Google
You’re about to get on a plane to Seattle. You want to know if you should bring an umbrella. You call three random friends of yours who live there and ask each independently if it’s raining. Each of your friends has a 2/3 chance of telling you the truth and a 1/3 chance of messing with you by lying. All three friends tell you that yes, it is raining. What is the probability that it’s actually raining in Seattle?
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Having an infinite supply of water and two containers, one for 3 liters and one for 5 liters, how would you measure 4 liters?
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Job: Software development engineer at Amazon.com
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