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> Why are manhole covers round? Does it mean I'm an idiot if I have no idea why they would be round instead of rectangular?
by maximus-decimus 3y ago
> Why are manhole covers round?
Does it mean I'm an idiot if I have no idea why they would be round instead of rectangular?
- azangru 3y agoNo idea. I am as much of an idiot as you are. But questions of this kind were supposed to detect candidates who were able to think.
- jcd000 3y agoA round cover wont fall in, but a square or rectangular can.
- cityofdelusion 3y agoI find it more likely they are round because piping is round. I doubt they were engineered in any way and it was just a pragmatic solution to capping off a tee.
- ferbivore 3y agoThere's no actual reason. The test is to see if you can invent convincing-sounding rationalisations on the spot. Or, in practice, to see if you've read any books about interviewing.
- janetmissed 3y ago[dead]
- ponector 3y agoThe interviewer is an idiot. Manhole covers could have all different shapes: round, square, rectangular and other.