8 Ridiculous Questions Banned From Google Interviews
Question: Design An Evacuation Plan For San Francisco?
Job: Product Manager
Even though planning for an evacuation for San Francisco has nothing to with the product manager, it’s just intended to find out how the interviewee would approach the problem and how he would use his reasoning skills to draft an evacuation a process. However, it is now an old Google job interview question and no longer exists in its ranks, so candidates no longer need to chalk out evacuation plans.
Question: 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?
Job: Product Manager
The question is quiet tricky and straight. The interviewer’s intension out here is to know all about the judging capability as well as the candidate’s creativity on how he would confront the issue and break free out of the motor.
Question: How Many Golf Balls Can Fit In A School Bus?
Job: Product Manager
This is one of those common questions Google asks its candidates just to see if the applicant can explain the key challenge to solving the problem. However if you still want to arrive at the answer you need to get into lot of juggling with numbers which might get too boring to read.
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