Logic Riddles - Page 2

I had a few round of interviewing with a prop trading firm, and these questions are pretty much exactly the type of questions I was asked in the first round

On October 18 2012 20:49 mnj wrote: I had a few round of interviewing with a prop trading firm, and these questions are pretty much exactly the type of questions I was asked in the first round

Tell us your answers so we know what not to say

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Let's say that you were to shrink to the size of a couple of inches and were put into a blender. How do you get out?

rofl missread nvm

''If you are Mr. Black, where should you shoot first for the highest chance of survival?''

On October 18 2012 23:41 HeRoS)eNGagE wrote: ''If you are Mr. Black, where should you shoot first for the highest chance of survival?''

Yeah I noticed that too but decided it cosmo probably misworded it.

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He should miss on purpose because Gray will most likely shoot White and White will shoot Gray.

If Gray kills White, Black will win 1/3 of the time.

If Gray does not kill White, White will kill Gray 100% of the time.

If Black miss on purpose, he will always have 1/3 of chance to win regardless of who's left because he will have the first shot.

Sorry for no-spoiler for got how to use it.

i think its retarded to use such logic stories at a job interview, i heard 60% of these from a logic story book so if u know they test u like this, u can prepare really easily
they should invent new ones for every applicant but then again the comparison wouldnt be fair since everyone gets totally diferent tasks

the probability ones are the only valid ones imho

I think it is dumb to ask riddles, such as 1, 2, 3 or 6 as either you already know the answer or it is just a guess.
I read some asked by google for recruitment interviews, (or at least, it was said that they were) and they were way more original. But it was more about logic or pragmatism with quantification assessments for example.
Here the results don't really matter but the reasoning does.

Found some :

5 Google Interview Questions
1. What's the next number in this sequence: 10, 9, 60, 90, 70, 66 … ?

2. You're in a car with a helium balloon on a string that is tied to the floor. The windows are closed. When you step on the gas pedal, what happens to the balloon—does it move forward, move backward, or stay put?

3. Using only a four-minute hourglass and a seven-minute hourglass, measure exactly nine minutes—without the process taking longer than nine minutes.

4. A book has N pages, numbered the usual way, from 1 to N. The total number of digits in the page numbers is 1,095. How many pages does the book have?

5. A man pushed his car to a hotel and lost his fortune. What happened?

for more :
http://www.businessinsider.com/15-goo...ill-make-you-feel-stupid-2009-11?op=1

1. It was said that the balls weigh 1 pound each which is the approximate weight of your clothes. Undress and take all of them with you

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On October 18 2012 22:21 Gnarly wrote: Let's say that you were to shrink to the size of a couple of inches and were put into a blender. How do you get out?

C'mon guys, it's easy. This was one of the questions for a current higher up in Google for their job interview.

^^jump out? =)

Any physics people know if juggling is even a legit solution to the first riddle? Sounds like troll physics

On October 20 2012 03:58 blackjacki2 wrote: Any physics people know if juggling is even a legit solution to the first riddle? Sounds like troll physics

Actually if you only consider it as a static problem, it sounds legit and it is asked this way. But as a dynamic problem, I'm not sure.
I like way more the answer with taking off the clothes.

On October 19 2012 16:09 Gnarly wrote: Show nested quote + On October 18 2012 22:21 Gnarly wrote: Let's say that you were to shrink to the size of a couple of inches and were put into a blender. How do you get out? C'mon guys, it's easy. This was one of the questions for a current higher up in Google for their job interview.

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Yeah, juggling doesn't really work because whenever you catch or throw a ball it's effectively going to "weigh" more, since you are accelerating it. So for instance at the moment when you are holding one ball and catching another, you are going to exceed the maximum weight.

On October 19 2012 17:37 nlloser60 wrote: ^^jump out? =)

This guy probably youtubed it.

The idea is that if you were to shrink, the universal laws we know of don't apply. If they did, you wouldn't be able to shrink! Shoot, you could even gain super strength and punch the glass to break it and waltz your way out.

1. I would remove clothing and make myself throw up until i had lost a pound
2. he likes to excercise in the morning to wake himself up
3. he was died of starvation and he was trying to find water before he died
4. since hes so sure i would give him odds that heavily favor me
5. 98 + 1
6. stand outside the room and check each light individually
7. mr gray because theres a 66 chance i miss and then it makes the most sense for
him to shoot mr white with a higher succes rate tahn me and then i get to shoot at him again