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M$: 1.Define diaper. As in adult, children, paper, cloth, etc. 2.So it doesnt fall down the hole it is covering. Amazon: Depends on how much PHP I have to wri
by orangethirty 14y ago
M$: 1.Define diaper. As in adult, children, paper, cloth, etc. 2.So it doesnt fall down the hole it is covering.
Amazon: Depends on how much PHP I have to write.
Google: Define cow. Does it only apply to the common animal or does it also apply to the slang used to refer to overweight people?
Zillow: Define success.
Expedia: Which language version for the T9 keypad? In what language do the words
have to be found?
“If you were to get rid of one state in the US, which would it be and why?
Define "rid".
“How many cows are in Canada?”
Define cow. Does it only apply to the common animal or does it also apply to the slang used to refer to overweight people?
“How many quarters would you need to reach the height of the Empire State building?”
Define the specific quarter used for the exercise. Also, tell me the temperature
at which the exercise will be done.
“A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?
What type of penguin, and sombrero?
“What songs best describes your work ethic?”
What genres are allowed?
“Jeff Bezos walks into your office and says you can have a million dollars to launch your best entrepreneurial idea. What is it?”
Define best.
“What do you think about when you are alone in your car?”
Is the car ON? Am I driving somewhere? If so, Where?
“How would you rate your memory?”
Which type of memory (short/mid/long-term?)?
“Name 3 previous Nobel Prize Winners.”
Can it be for the same Nobel Prize?
“Can you say: ’Peter Pepper Picked a Pickled Pepper’ and cross-sell a washing machine at the same time?”
When do you want the Washing Machine delivered?
“If we came to your house for dinner, what would you prepare for us?”
Are you allergic to any type of food?
“How would people communicate in a perfect world?”
Define perfect world.
“How do you make a tuna sandwich?”
Which type of tuna sandwhich?
“My wife and I are going on vacation, where would you recommend?”
Are you going together?
“You are a head chef at a restaurant and your team has been selected to be on Iron Chef. How do you prepare your team for the competition and how do you leverage the competition for your restaurant?
When is the competition?
“Estimate how many windows are in New York.”
Are we refering to regular windows or computing devices running the operating system Windows? Plus,
define Window. Is it an opening in a wall? Does it need to have a glass plane?
“What’s your favorite song? Perform it for us now.”
Define favorite (as in top 10 ranking, overall, etc.). Define perform (sing, sing+dance, dance, mime, etc.).
“Calculate the angle of two clock pointers when time is 11:50.”
AM or PM?
“Have you ever stolen a pen from work?”
Define stolen.
“Pick two celebrities to be your parents.”
Define celebrities.
“What kitchen utensil would you be?”
Define utensil (mechanical, electric, electronic, etc). Define kitchen (commercial, American, European, etc.).
“If you had turned you cell phone to silent, and it rang really loudly despite it being on silent, what would you tell me?”
Which cellphone (brand, type, OS, etc)?
“On a scale from one to ten, rate me as an interviewer.”
Does the scale go from best to worst or otherwise?
“If you could be anyone else, who would it be?”
Define be.
“How would you direct someone else on how to cook an omelet?”
Are they disabled in any way?
- crntaylor 14y agoAM or PM? It doesn't matter.
- orangethirty 14y agoOf course it matters. The ask to make the calculation when its 11:50. I need to know if I'm free to be able to go and calculate it at exactly 11:50. I would not want to do the calculation at 11:49 or 11:51, because then I could be missing another calculation appointment. Using when implies that I do the calculation at the exact point in space-time, and not calculate the angle of the clock pointers at the moment the clock marks 11:50. :)
- Domenic_S 14y agoYou must be a blast at parties.
- orangethirty 14y agoDefine party. Political party? Social Gathering?
- IvyMike 14y ago"Candidate is contrarian for the sake of being contrarian, and avoided answering all questions." I know you're joking, and there is value to getting the interviewer to clarify the question and confirm assumptions. But some of your responses ("define be") are nitpicky to the point of "this guy wouldn't be any fun to work with".
- orangethirty 14y ago"this guy wouldn't be any fun to work with". But I always show up for the weekly lets sing happy birthday to those who had their birthday this week. And sometimes I'm the one who brings the cake. That's the definition of fun[1]. [1] In corporate America.