Who the hell asks these questions...?

AngryBrute · March 21, 2015, 10:19:36 AM

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-impossible-brainteasers-meant-stump-141026953.html

Ok found this little thing on Yahoo. Its 5 impossible brainteasers meant to stump you in a job interview... Firstly, who asks these? NOBODY!!!!

Spoiler

1. You're in a room with three light switches, each of which controls one of three light bulbs in the next room. Your task is to determine which switch controls which bulb. All lights are initially off, and you can't see into one room from the other. You may inspect the room only once. How can you determine which switch is connected to which light bulb?

2. How many trees are there in Central Park?

3. How much does all the ice in a hockey rink weigh?

4. If you were building a new city with a projected population of 100,000, how many gas stations would you need?

5. You are given 12 balls and a scale. Of the 12 balls, 11 are identical and 1 weighs slightly more. How do you find the heavier ball using the scale only three times?

Verbatim · March 21, 2015, 10:28:06 AM

1. Flip one switch and leave it on for three to five minutes, and then turn it off. Flip a different switch. Inspect the room. There will be one bulb with the light on, and two bulbs with the light off. One of the bulbs with the light off will still be hot from when the light was on. From this, you can infer which switch turns on which bulb.

Verbatim · March 21, 2015, 10:31:22 AM

the rest of them are dumb, and hardly brain teasers
or maybe i'm just missing something

edit:
reading the article, i see where they're going now
i hope i get asked the first one though, because my response is pretty perfect

Juuzou · March 21, 2015, 10:32:23 AM

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Verbatim · March 21, 2015, 10:32:52 AM

loaf teases everyone's brain

UnwornUniform · March 21, 2015, 11:24:46 AM

lol. Yahoo.

Turkey · March 21, 2015, 11:27:48 AM

I'd walk out of the interview if I was ever asked anything so asinine. The interviewer clearly cares more about gimmicks they read on Yahoo instead of legitimate scenarios related, or equivocal, to the job I'm applying for.

Comet · March 21, 2015, 11:35:32 AM

5. put 6 on each side of the scale. which ever weighs more take those 6 and divide again so 3 on each side. take the side that weighs more. you now have 3, 2 normal and 1 abnormal. put two on the scale randomly. if they are the same then the one off the scale is the abnormal.

DAS B00T x2 · March 21, 2015, 11:52:06 AM

If your answer to number four doesn't involve free market capitalism you're wrong.

R o c k e t · March 21, 2015, 01:34:32 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 21, 2015, 10:28:06 AM

1. Flip one switch and leave it on for three to five minutes, and then turn it off. Flip a different switch. Inspect the room. There will be one bulb with the light on, and two bulbs with the light off. One of the bulbs with the light off will still be hot from when the light was on. From this, you can infer which switch turns on which bulb.

That was genius actually. Have you considered being a criminal investigator?

rC · March 21, 2015, 01:36:57 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 21, 2015, 10:28:06 AM

1. Flip one switch and leave it on for three to five minutes, and then turn it off. Flip a different switch. Inspect the room. There will be one bulb with the light on, and two bulbs with the light off. One of the bulbs with the light off will still be hot from when the light was on. From this, you can infer which switch turns on which bulb.

won't work, they're LED you dumbfuck