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15 years ago I was interviewing for an engineering job and the VP of engineering at a company asked this question. I happened to have heard this question previo
by pkaye 8y ago
15 years ago I was interviewing for an engineering job and the VP of engineering at a company asked this question. I happened to have heard this question previously so spouted off a bunch of answers and impressed the heck out of the VP. And that is the real problem with this kind of questions. They largely depend on if you heard the question before or not.
- lordnacho 8y agoI got into Oxford like that. Basically the interviews are a bunch of interesting questions like "How could I take the log of -1?" or "How is e defined?". If you already know the answer, your main problem is acting like you're thinking it through.
- iends 8y agoWhen I interviewed for MIT I didn't get crazy puzzle questions. Is this pretty standard for Oxford?
- lordnacho 8y agoYeah for both Oxbridge unis the grades get you the interview but they could just fill the whole uni several times over with kids who got top grades. So they reckon a 45 min quiz/chat is what will tell them who to admit. Gets pretty open ended, favors people who can talk well. I ended up not applying to MIT because you get your acceptance before Christmas and the US applications are huge. But my understanding is the US school interviews are more cultural fit?