Comments on: I’m not smart enough to work for Google

By: Lars Martin

Lars Martin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:43:04 +0000

I was going to make some smartass comment.. but then..

..my head exploded.

By: Stringycustard

Stringycustard — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:05:17 +0000

12. The angle is pretty small - 7.5 degrees. Cos the hour hand is just past the 3.

By: Stringycustard

Stringycustard — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:02:23 +0000

I meant, no.9.

By: Stringycustard

Stringycustard — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:01:41 +0000

19. The only wife who doesn’t know about a cheating husband has proof that hers was the one that cheated. Still reading the rest (man these are fun).

By: rsfeller

rsfeller — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:15:49 +0000

In your desire to be clever you never really read #3. Much is a specific quantity, your answer would apply if they asked “how would”.

By: killingfred

killingfred — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:48:03 +0000

no. 16 is easy.
if you have 7 balls one which is heavier and you are only allowed to weigh them twice to find the heavier ball simply split them into two groups of three and weigh them, if they balance the one left over is heavier, if they dont balance take the heavier set and split them into single balls with one left over and weigh them, if they balance then the one left over from that is the heavier ball.
I dont know if i would be able to answer these questions if put on the spot!

By: The Jaded Monk

The Jaded Monk — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:47:44 +0000

18. You put AdSense in your blog posts and the ads have no relevance at all to your content. How is this helpful to the blogger and why is the advertiser paying for the ad?

19. You can manipulate (and pay for) placement in search results. Little Johnny has to do research for a report and, of course, doesn’t even know where the library is in his town, so he relies on the top 5-10 results served up by Google. What are the odds of Little Johnny learning anything of value if a cottage industry of “experts” is working diligently to get their clients’ sites high up in search results?

20. If all your searches are stored on a computer somewhere in a publicly-held company — whose interests are not for the good of their users but serve the interests of its shareholders — how will you have any control over your own privacy?

By: wtfi54rcasm

wtfi54rcasm — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:23:16 +0000

Didn’t take the time to do all the puzzles, but I’ve come across #13 before. The answer:

1 and 2 cross: 2 min.
2 returns: 4 min.
5 and 10 cross: 14 min.
1 returns: 15 min.
1 and 2 cross: 17 min.

By: Marko Novak

Marko Novak — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:35:22 +0000

The right answer for all question is “I’d search it with Google!”

By: Mandi

Mandi — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:22:04 +0000

Wow, not only am I not smart enough to work at Google, but I think my head would explode if I was asked these questions in an interview. I understand why they would ask some of them, but at some point I would just freak out!