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SCIENTIFICALLY BAKED

Google Interview Questions & Answers

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How Many Golf Balls Can Fit In A School Bus?

Answer: This is one of those quest ions where the tr ick is to come up with an easier answer than the one that 's seemingly being cal led for. We'd say. '$10 per window. '

How Much Should You Charge To Wash All The Windows In Seattle?

Answer: So i t doesn' t fa l l through the manhole (when the plane ordinari ly fl ush with the plane of the street goes perpendicular to the street . )

Why Are Manhole Covers Round?

Answer: Again, th is one is a l l about the interviewer seeing how the interviewee would attack the problem. We'd start our answer by asking, 'what kind of disaster are we planning for? '

Design An Evacuation Plan For San Francisco

Ans w e r : 22 t i me s . F ro m Wi k i Ans w e rs :AM12 : 001 : 052 : 113 : 164 : 225 : 276 : 337 : 388 : 449 : 4910 : 55

How Many Times A Day Do A Clock's Hands Overlap?

PM12:001:052:113:164:225:276:337:388:449:4910:55

Answer: He landed on Boardwalk. (Painful , r ight?)

A Man Pushed His Car To A Hotel And Lost His Fortune. What Happened?

Answer: The point here is to test the appl icant 's abi l i ty to communicate complex ideas in s imple language. Here 's our attempt, 'A database is a machine that remembers lots of information about lots of th ings. People use them to help remember that information. Go play outs ide. '

Explain A Database In Three Sentences To Your Eight-year-old Nephew.

Answer: This one is a l l about the judging interviewee's creat iv i ty. We'd try to break the e lectr ic motor.

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?

Answer: You div ide the booty evenly between the top 51% of the crew.

You're the captain of a pirate ship……….…and your crew gets to vote on how the gold is divided up. If fewer than half of the pirates agree with you, you die. How do you recommend apportioning the gold in such a way that you get a good share of the booty, but still survive?

Answer: You div ide the booty evenly between the top 51% of the crew.

You have eight balls all of the same size ………… Seven of them weigh the same, and one of them weighs slightly more. How can you find the ball that is heavier by using a balance and only two weightings?

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