Interview Question
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The first one is rather simple: took about 10 seconds to work that one out. Set fire to both ends.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Don't worry about it - I figured it was. Translating jokes and puzzles is never easy, because words often have multiple or subtle meanings, which don't translate well.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Standard simple rubbish - it's a test of your thinking, rather than your abilities. They are - sort of - a good idea, in that they show the interviewer how you work through a problem rather than the finished result, which can indicate how flexible and logical you are. But generally? Waste of time unless they are done face to face, and then the time limit is irrelevant.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Hello Sir, Please dont be upset with me. Firstly, It was asked to me. I dint make it up. Secondly, you cant fold the rope. Lastly, consider the smilies as balls. You are supposed to move the balls or place the balls. Combination of (2+1) means either in the first move you pick 2 balls up and then 1 ball or vice versa, your wish. Thanks, Rahul
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Hello Friends, I went for an interview to a company: they asked me these 2 questions: 1> I have a rope. There is no tool available to measure that rope. I can just measure that rope using time. For example i set it on fire and the rope burns for one hour. a>Now i want to measure the rope for half an hour what to do? b>I want to measure it for 45 minutes. How to do? 2> I have a figure below: :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) I want to convert it to: :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) You have 2 options: a>Either use 3 smilies at once to rearrange the figure. b>Or use a combination of (2 + 1) smilies to rearrange the figure. which means you have only 1 chance if you use 3 smilies. OR 2 chances if you use (2 + 1) smilies You cant do a 1 + 1 + 1 combination of smilies to rearrange the figure. I was given 15 minutes to solve the above problems. Thanks a ton
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I blame the interviewer for this, not you. Ok what are you allowed to do with the rope then? If you can only set it on fire and observe it from there on it'll just burn for an hour with nothing you can do about it.
Um. How many ends does a rope have?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Um. How many ends does a rope have?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Standard simple rubbish - it's a test of your thinking, rather than your abilities. They are - sort of - a good idea, in that they show the interviewer how you work through a problem rather than the finished result, which can indicate how flexible and logical you are. But generally? Waste of time unless they are done face to face, and then the time limit is irrelevant.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
thats true i agree to it. and one more thing, here there are a lot of walk in interviews. about 1000 people come to attend the interview. So the strategy they adopt to cut off the mass is to put constraints/criteria which are baseless like: 1>You need to score a distinction through out your academics. 2>You field needs to be computer science. and lot of such bull shit. So half of the crowd is cut off.
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I blame the interviewer for this, not you. Ok what are you allowed to do with the rope then? If you can only set it on fire and observe it from there on it'll just burn for an hour with nothing you can do about it.
Thanks sir, well i told him to measure it for half an hour, burn it from both the sides. He told me, but then nothing of that rope will be left. I said, as it is even if you cut the rope into half nothing will be left. He then smiled. Actually i dint understand what was the intention.
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thats true i agree to it. and one more thing, here there are a lot of walk in interviews. about 1000 people come to attend the interview. So the strategy they adopt to cut off the mass is to put constraints/criteria which are baseless like: 1>You need to score a distinction through out your academics. 2>You field needs to be computer science. and lot of such bull shit. So half of the crowd is cut off.
You've got to: even if you only give 1/2 hour per interview, 1000 of them is over sixty working days! You have to cut it down to manageable numbers before you start interviews - that's what a CV / Resume is for! :laugh:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Um. How many ends does a rope have?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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That's in violation of my stated assumptions. In order to utilize both sides, you have to be able to light it twice, which means you can do more than just light it and then observe.
Nah - you just touch the two ends together and light them both at the same time! :laugh: (Or light one end from the other, but that produces a slightly less accurate 1/2 hour)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Nah - you just touch the two ends together and light them both at the same time! :laugh: (Or light one end from the other, but that produces a slightly less accurate 1/2 hour)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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:laugh: It's good stuff, this rope theory! Cutting edge...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Hello Friends, I went for an interview to a company: they asked me these 2 questions: 1> I have a rope. There is no tool available to measure that rope. I can just measure that rope using time. For example i set it on fire and the rope burns for one hour. a>Now i want to measure the rope for half an hour what to do? b>I want to measure it for 45 minutes. How to do? 2> I have a figure below: :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) I want to convert it to: :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) You have 2 options: a>Either use 3 smilies at once to rearrange the figure. b>Or use a combination of (2 + 1) smilies to rearrange the figure. which means you have only 1 chance if you use 3 smilies. OR 2 chances if you use (2 + 1) smilies You cant do a 1 + 1 + 1 combination of smilies to rearrange the figure. I was given 15 minutes to solve the above problems. Thanks a ton
Try this "How many interview questions does it take to make a piece of software that works?".
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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:laugh: It's good stuff, this rope theory! Cutting edge...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Try this "How many interview questions does it take to make a piece of software that works?".
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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:laugh: It's good stuff, this rope theory! Cutting edge...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
In this case no noose is good news :laugh:
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Hello Sir, Please dont be upset with me. Firstly, It was asked to me. I dint make it up. Secondly, you cant fold the rope. Lastly, consider the smilies as balls. You are supposed to move the balls or place the balls. Combination of (2+1) means either in the first move you pick 2 balls up and then 1 ball or vice versa, your wish. Thanks, Rahul
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That's in violation of my stated assumptions. In order to utilize both sides, you have to be able to light it twice, which means you can do more than just light it and then observe.
Light it in the middle.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
