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> thinking it was a Google-style interview question - "How many bathrooms are there in the Netherlands?" Where does the idea that this is a Google-style interv
by thaumasiotes 3y ago
> thinking it was a Google-style interview question - "How many bathrooms are there in the Netherlands?"
Where does the idea that this is a Google-style interview question come from? They've never interviewed that way.
- madeofpalk 3y agoWhether it's true or not, there is the "How many piano tuners are there in Chicago?" meme interview question https://www.wired.com/2014/08/how-to-solve-crazy-open-ended-google-interview-questions/ https://www.wired.com/2014/08/how-to-solve-crazy-open-ended-...
- thaumasiotes 3y agoThat style of question was notorious long before Google existed. It has never been associated with Google.
- shiroiushi 3y agoI thought it was associated with Microsoft.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoIt was. They're different companies.
- dekhn 3y agoWe called them fermi estimation problems in grad school