Brainteaser Interview Questions
The third category of questions is just recently making an appearance in mainstream interviewing. It was “pioneered” by Microsoft and has been used by many of the high-tech companies for a number of years. This category includes questions such as:
| • | If you could remove any one of the fifty U.S. states, which would it be and why? |
| • | If you stood quarters up on end, how many would you need to equal the height of the Empire State Building? |
| • | What does all the ice in a hockey rink weigh? |
| • | How would you manage a project to get everyone in the United States to drive on the left-hand side of the road? |
| • | Why are manhole covers round? |
| • | How would you weigh an airplane without using a scale? |
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