Google's toughest job interview questions

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  • čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
  • If you’re lucky enough to land a job interview at one of the best places to work in America, Google, you’ll definitely need to bring your a-game. But to pile on the interview stress even more, Google used to ask some questions that were so hard that they were eventually banned from being asked altogether.
    In 2009, Lewis Lin, a job coach in Seattle, put together a list of 140 questions his clients were asked by Google. We've picked 7 of the best.
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Komentáře • 851

  • @Alex-gk8ik
    @Alex-gk8ik Před 7 lety +2391

    Google ban them because these type of question don't correlate much to employees' performance according to stats.

    • @giedrius2149
      @giedrius2149 Před 7 lety +17

      Alex Yang Actually those questions are perfect

    • @PaulyCrupi
      @PaulyCrupi Před 7 lety +84

      Obscure riddles don't correlate to job performance? I'm shocked -.-

    • @mikeg6433
      @mikeg6433 Před 7 lety +28

      I would think that critical thinking correlates back to a software development position. Their job is literally to use critical thinking skills to solve problems.

    • @Alex-gk8ik
      @Alex-gk8ik Před 7 lety +19

      There's a fine line between questions that provoke out-of-the-box thinking and those simply way off. Critical thinking would be one of the most important skills in problem solving, whereas esoteric knowledge isn't. And interviewees could be competitive in a way that they are meticulous or creative or articulate among other things, but rarely can a person be all of these. Good interview questions should allow people to demonstrate their abilities and individuality, as opposed to just sounding bad-ass.
      [ Just a clarification since many people are reading this, 'them' in my original comment mostly refers to brain teasers and strictly knowledge-based questions (I'm not assuming all the questions in the videos are, because my original comment was a response to the video description in an attempt to point out that 'so hard' isn't the most accurate description.) Just wanted to say questions are not banned because they are hard, but they may not be the most informative question to ask the majority of interviewees from time to time. ]

    • @mikeg6433
      @mikeg6433 Před 7 lety +13

      Alex Yang, yes but there's also something to be said about these difficult questions, what does the person do? Bluff? Admit they would need to think about the question for a while, etc. it's not always about providing the correct answer.

  • @CP3LobCity
    @CP3LobCity Před 7 lety +1848

    Could we possibly Google the answers during the interview

  • @slipperypete619
    @slipperypete619 Před 7 lety +2616

    Is Google obsessed with clocks?

  • @TUSHXR1
    @TUSHXR1 Před 7 lety +85

    they are tired of being billionaire's ,now they fuck with people .

    • @murtazananabhai
      @murtazananabhai Před 7 lety +2

      They remain billionaires BECAUSE they fuck with people

  • @EyeAmBatman
    @EyeAmBatman Před 7 lety +950

    I refuse to answer those questions, now gimmie job!

  • @Ironjagg
    @Ironjagg Před 7 lety +91

    how the hell can a pirate captain wash all the windows in seattle at exactly 3:15 and still lose his fortune

    • @papayapenetrator2290
      @papayapenetrator2290 Před 5 lety +10

      His fortune fell in the manhole

    • @tangerinery
      @tangerinery Před 5 lety

      @@papayapenetrator2290 bahhahahahahah thats funny lmao

    • @darsans7735
      @darsans7735 Před 5 lety +3

      Because he had gone outside and played and fell on the manhole

  • @malcolm6455
    @malcolm6455 Před 7 lety +436

    lol no wonder in india we have manholes which are square

    • @shaunakshetye7297
      @shaunakshetye7297 Před 7 lety +61

      Malcolm Mathias that's what I was thinking when they asked that question.i was like " what the hell are you asking we have square manholes, come check it out in India" nothing is impossible in India

    • @E50AK
      @E50AK Před 7 lety +10

      But the holes are square too over here, so it makes perfect sense. What they meant is that because the holes are circular the square covers would fall in.

    • @lopa8519
      @lopa8519 Před 6 lety +2

      ahahhaha

    • @AkshardhamNewDelhi
      @AkshardhamNewDelhi Před 6 lety +1

      Yup

    • @craigape
      @craigape Před 6 lety +21

      E50AK No, they meant that a square cover can fall through the square hole that it is sized for, because the diagonal of the square is significantly longer than any of the sides. The cover could easily fall through if it fell at an angle to the hole.
      Not so for circular covers and holes, since there is no angle in which the diameters are different.

  • @killerseadog
    @killerseadog Před 7 lety +395

    That last one though lol XD

    • @blahhblah6635
      @blahhblah6635 Před 7 lety +28

      Thekillerseadog Gamer walton A fortune cookie fell out the man's pocket as he was pushing.

    • @wholesome122
      @wholesome122 Před 7 lety +5

      blahh blah I was gonna say the dude was in Detroit and just got robbed. #whyidontworkforgoogle

    • @florianwicher
      @florianwicher Před 7 lety +2

      I thought he pushed his car downhill and it crashed into the building. The repair was so costly that he lost everything.

    • @UzairTheTuber
      @UzairTheTuber Před 7 lety

      Lmao

    • @battlecubes4762
      @battlecubes4762 Před 7 lety +1

      I thought it was that the man had pushed his car to the hotel because of a bet. If he had conpleted his task, he would lose his fortune. The fortune, though, was the name of the car and the reward would be whatever he wanted. Bam. Though i do admit that the boardwalk one was crazy out of the box thinking

  • @vanjwatler6280
    @vanjwatler6280 Před 7 lety +52

    Cool and interesting questions! I don't think they should hire you if you get them right but based on your performance and answers solving the problems.

  • @christianaaronbuce3114
    @christianaaronbuce3114 Před 7 lety +785

    I answered them all, and im 1 year old

    • @gayar4596
      @gayar4596 Před 7 lety +133

      Aaron Buce but I guess u r too old for the job!!

    • @lukerees281
      @lukerees281 Před 7 lety +22

      Aaron Buce well did you answer them correctly?

    • @RyanLynch1
      @RyanLynch1 Před 7 lety +70

      Aaron Buce me too but I'm not even born yet

    • @Dish.Washer
      @Dish.Washer Před 7 lety +12

      Aaron Buce I answered them all too. Incorrectly

    • @donbasuradenuevo
      @donbasuradenuevo Před 7 lety +24

      1. Did you answer them CORRECTLY?
      2. I'm impressed a 1 year old can type.

  • @sshum00
    @sshum00 Před 7 lety +415

    Except they only ask engineering/whiteboard coding questions from what everyone is telling me :|

    • @babyrage1763
      @babyrage1763 Před 7 lety +40

      if and only if you are applying for an engineering role of course (?)

    • @E50AK
      @E50AK Před 7 lety +8

      Yea because they've stopped asking these questions now.

  • @nishpakchindian6460
    @nishpakchindian6460 Před 7 lety +245

    These Qs have nothing to do with Google

    • @jinglemich4941
      @jinglemich4941 Před 7 lety +11

      Nishpakch Indian They have to do with intelligent thinking, which Google wants.

    • @nishpakchindian6460
      @nishpakchindian6460 Před 7 lety +3

      Theguy Mich ... I said that this is wrongly bring related to Google's interview Qs. They never ask such silly Qs in their interviews

    • @jinglemich4941
      @jinglemich4941 Před 7 lety +7

      Nishpakch Indian Some of these questions are silly, but others are fair questions that require critical thinking and problem solving. Google probably wants smart people with good problem solving skills, so they used these as a way to test them. I think the second question was pretty decent.

    • @nishpakchindian6460
      @nishpakchindian6460 Před 7 lety

      Theguy Mich ...again I am saying that Google never asked such Qs. Don't know why you are associating with google

    • @evan2059
      @evan2059 Před 7 lety

      Theguy Mich agree

  • @jdshaffer95
    @jdshaffer95 Před 7 lety +93

    2:09 nice music edit ;)

  • @mananawasthi2643
    @mananawasthi2643 Před 7 lety +25

    they don't need the correct answer they just check your confidence ...

  • @sergiocantillo3261
    @sergiocantillo3261 Před 7 lety +2

    Mad respect for the ones who passed the questions and got the job

  • @lotsofpieces9012
    @lotsofpieces9012 Před 7 lety +194

    Really, those were too complicated? Google, here I come!

    • @neelparmar6690
      @neelparmar6690 Před 7 lety +29

      They weren't complicated so much as irrelevant

    • @imasepan
      @imasepan Před 7 lety

      Juiced Last I would charge a "dont get to wash a window for free" coupon.

  • @seekingjannahpeacefulbarza1487

    Google interviews are 45 minute interview about coding, Algorithms and software design. Technical. Solve algorithmic problems. Write code in whiteboard using programming languages C/C++/Java/Python etc. The problems asked have huge varieties.

  • @keepingupwithkaia7095
    @keepingupwithkaia7095 Před 3 lety +2

    Explains Database to 8 year-old:
    Mr Krabs keeps all the different ‘Krabby Patty’ orders from Spongebob and his friends living under the sea, in the back kitchen. This is so Mr Krabs can remember all of their orders for when they next come in to eat. This makes their lives a lot easier but less private since Mr.Krabs is all up in their business.

  • @vinays3820
    @vinays3820 Před 7 lety +1

    In life there are several ways to achieve things one gets good grades good college,one works hard climbs in ladder,one usese smart ways lives his own term

  • @mananawasthi2643
    @mananawasthi2643 Před 7 lety +40

    INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWER.
    Q. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
    A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)
    Q. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?
    A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 Rank Opted for IFS)
    Q. If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
    A. Very large hands. (Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)
    Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
    A. It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant withone hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)
    Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?
    A. No Probs , He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)
    Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
    A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)
    Q. What looks like half apple ?
    A: The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper )

    • @mananawasthi2643
      @mananawasthi2643 Před 7 lety +4

      they ask theese questions to check that the person who is giving interview has ability to constantly stand at his or her point .... and to check your confidence..... sometimes they also ask what is color of wall behind you (and remember you can't look back if you looked back then you will be out of interview) THEY DON'T NEED THE CORRECT ANSWER THEY JUST SEE'S YOUR CONFIDENCE ..

    • @757beko
      @757beko Před 7 lety +6

      Anyway only stupid people would ask those shits.

    • @mananawasthi2643
      @mananawasthi2643 Před 7 lety +6

      Bryan Entac nice try but the correct answer is
      .... because we have the biggest toilet in the world and the name of that toilet is Pakistan .. since 1947 we are using their streets as toilets​... btw its looking like you are Hungry ... 😂

    • @bryanentac8351
      @bryanentac8351 Před 7 lety +2

      Wow. you cross borders just to shit? great feat on holding that dump eh?
      and please check on your grammar on your last sentence. you make tech service look bad with that sentence structure of yours.

    • @mananawasthi2643
      @mananawasthi2643 Před 7 lety +7

      Bryan Entac english is not my first language it's not even my second but i know some another better languages than you ..👍

  • @dingismaximus2780
    @dingismaximus2780 Před 7 lety +7

    I bet some of the guys who refused to answer these questions eventually became the competition.

  • @farhantanvir6091
    @farhantanvir6091 Před 4 lety +3

    The 2nd one is not critical. It's just a simple formula we learnt in 9th grade: 0.5×| 60H-11M |
    Where, H is the hours hand & M the minutes hand

  • @dcostajoseph27
    @dcostajoseph27 Před 7 lety +33

    Isn't it funny that you can literally google these questions?

  • @Nico2000
    @Nico2000 Před 7 lety +1

    The answer to the pirate's question is actually incredibly fascinating and way more complicated than described here (51% is completely wrong) If you are interested in this, check out the Ted - Ed video they made about this riddle

  • @pradyunprao240
    @pradyunprao240 Před 3 lety

    The nephew one has a simpler answer.
    In simple words, a database is like a cookie jar.
    You buy cookies from the store and put it into the jar, when required you can take your cookies out.
    This way your “cookies” stay in a safe and secure place but still can be accessed/ used at any time. ☺️

  • @PodiumTuningRacing
    @PodiumTuningRacing Před 7 lety +3

    I was asked the window washing question for my interview at Nordstrom! Pretty much just explained taking the average rate for washing windows mulitplied by average number of windows per building... also threw in a joke and said because it rains so much you don't have to wash the windows haha! Regional IT for them now ;)

  • @darktealglasses
    @darktealglasses Před 6 lety

    1. So glad I got the question about gold division correct.
    2. But I don't understand the 1st one about manhole.
    3. I like the question about database. Given 3 sentences to explain, he only uses 2 sentences. The guy who answers this is so smart and creative.

  • @GCT1990
    @GCT1990 Před 7 lety +10

    Well... I won't be getting hired from Google any time soon

  • @shaunticlair
    @shaunticlair Před 7 lety

    Honestly I'm not surprised they stopped using them, the data probably told them it didn't help their employees with anything. These are basically just riddles- tricks that you have to see through, and are just used to try to feel superior. Riddle solving skills can be an accessory side effect of being intelligent, but is by no means a reliable indicator... It's not real creativity in most cases, just knowing the one workaround the question wants.

  • @davidkumar9216
    @davidkumar9216 Před 7 lety

    They should asks things you can't find on the web because then you have to think about a specific scenario and ask something related to the job

  • @AidenPearce720
    @AidenPearce720 Před 7 lety +142

    seriously Google asks these questions ?? My class test is more difficult than this

    • @stormingbob
      @stormingbob Před 7 lety +48

      Shashank Bhagwat they expect answers on the spot

    • @shubhramishra8698
      @shubhramishra8698 Před 7 lety +5

      Right? These barely take any time to answer. Or I guess I was a curious child and questions like "Why are manhole covers round?" and "What are databses/servers/other stuff?" (Yeah I was a nerd)

    • @DanyalShams99
      @DanyalShams99 Před 7 lety +2

      Shashank Bhagwat these are just questions in addition to the hard job related ones that require thinking and writing.

    • @DanyalShams99
      @DanyalShams99 Před 7 lety +3

      Shubhra Mishra Chill out do u think these are the only questions they ask? They also ask a lot of hard computer science or whatever questions that are related to the job they are applying for. But those questions are hard but u are expected to be able to answer those. The answer u give on the types of questions in the video are what make u stand out from the rest of applicants. A lot of times there is definite answer but its how u answer the question so they see how u think.

    • @shubhramishra8698
      @shubhramishra8698 Před 7 lety +1

      DanyalShams99 They probably ask other questions but these are "Google's toughest job interview questions" (video title)

  • @BULLSHXTYT
    @BULLSHXTYT Před 7 lety +126

    3:15's one is so easy

    • @ChrisGugliuzza
      @ChrisGugliuzza Před 7 lety +22

      thisaccountisfake video is 2:30 long bud

    • @SigmaSixSoftware
      @SigmaSixSoftware Před 7 lety +60

      he was talking about the clock question

    • @_________5015
      @_________5015 Před 7 lety +3

      SigmaSixSoftware thank you

    • @FikriKawakibi
      @FikriKawakibi Před 7 lety +3

      I thought he was joking just like what chris understood...

    • @GamesFeeder
      @GamesFeeder Před 6 lety

      I considered the pirate question as simple, I might have got the nephew question. The car "question" I do not take seriously. In Germany there are squared "manholes" and none cares...

  • @anmolshrivastava4812
    @anmolshrivastava4812 Před 7 lety

    the overlapping answer is incorrect. after every 1 minute the second hand completes it rotation. so it meant it gonna meet the hour hand somewhere in the clock for sure coz hour hand as well is in the areas moving. so they will meet after every min. then answer is 120.

  • @sixburn
    @sixburn Před 7 lety

    data is a list of stuff, if this data is a rubber band, database is like a box of rubber bands where it can be arranged, taken out and lost so guard it with care

  • @robertmooney6480
    @robertmooney6480 Před 7 lety

    Not just square, if a manhole cover is any shape but round it can possibly fall through provided the hole is the same size and shape as the cover.

  • @technicalmasterg553
    @technicalmasterg553 Před 6 lety

    1 ) Manhole covers are round because covers are made up of concrete and they are easy to move from one place to another by just rolling from one hand . 😉
    That's what I thought 😊

  • @brodobroggins
    @brodobroggins Před 7 lety

    Even if performance doesn't correlate with getting these questions right, they do give the company a sort of mystical and unique feel.

  • @parthivchandrak
    @parthivchandrak Před 5 lety +1

    When you studied coding for 10 years, practiced each and every question on it from each possible source, prepared very well for the interview and they finally ask "David bought some butter, what could be the mass of the nearest black hole?".

  • @neildegrassetyson2615
    @neildegrassetyson2615 Před 6 lety

    Where can i apply?
    -Guessed 6° without calculating
    -Had the 51% correct
    -Had with the crossing hand 23 but was because i counted the half crossing of 0:00 because they do kinda cross in the 1th hour.
    -With windows i would ask if i had monoploly and say that i would calculate the max until people would be like nah.

  • @abhishekshrivastav6162

    Google : why do you want to join Google
    Guy: can't afford iPhone

  • @Mrwiseguy101690
    @Mrwiseguy101690 Před 7 lety +28

    I got the second one correct :D And for the last one I guessed divorce and apparently was wrong :/

  • @shubhramishra8698
    @shubhramishra8698 Před 7 lety +20

    The first one is not weird in any way. That is a question I often asked my mom when I was younger and honestly, that question is a pretty easy question to answer if you think about it. The second one: if you don't get the question (even after the hint) I recommend learning how to read time again. I guess 3 was weird, unless you live in Seattle XD. There's a TedEd video about 4 so I'm pretty sure that that one is not weird. 5 makes you think, it's a good question for an interview. 6, not weird again, it's a tech company do you expect them to ask you "So what's 2+2?". 7, hilarious XD. The majority of them weren't weird; Google is a tech company looking for bright minds, and these questions test your speed, critical thinking, knowledge, etc. If Google wouldn't ask questions like these, we wouldn't have the Google we have today because then it would be full of stupid people claiming they are smart.

  • @hookey24
    @hookey24 Před 7 lety

    23x overlap not 22, but you probably don't count midnight because you don't know which side to put it, but it is still there.

  • @sebover9000
    @sebover9000 Před 7 lety

    SPOILER ALERT
    1. About the pirate crew, I would go with 50% (50% is not less than half) :D
    2. For database i would go with non abstract explanation like: It's similar to a library, better yet to your toys box. When you want to play with pony, you go there and pick the ones you want to play with. In database you pick information you want to play with. Finishing question, if I were looking to find out your ponies names who would be my database?
    3. About a car and lost fortune. My answer would be, exactly that "a man pushed his car to a hotel and lost his fortune, both happened" :D

  • @spubbler
    @spubbler Před 6 lety

    Why are manhole covers round? They're not, or at least not all of them -- look around you, and you'll find plenty of rectangular manhole covers. so the question is really 'why are round manhole covers round' or 'what advantages do round manhole covers have over rectangular ones'? The reason given is just one of the advantages (least material for a hole of given area)

  • @ItachiUchiha-nx2sw
    @ItachiUchiha-nx2sw Před 6 lety +3

    There occurred a huge variation in my ego before and after the video.

  • @freeshavaacadooo1095
    @freeshavaacadooo1095 Před 6 lety

    A Database is like your toy chest, Billy. You put your toys inside of them to keep safe. You can also open them to play with your toys later on, like right now!

  • @hazlett2100
    @hazlett2100 Před 7 lety

    1) Round and square aren't the only options for shapes of a manhole. The manhole cover is also 3-dimensional so it could concave or have parts to lock it in place and prevent it from falling.
    2) An analog clock has an hour hand that rotates half a degree every minute. Since the question does not include seconds, 3:15:59 is still considered 3:15 so the answer would be acceptable between 7.5 and 8 degrees.
    3) Why the hell would you be a basic bitch and only charge $10 per window? You would make the same amount for a small window at ground level as you would cleaning a larger window at the top of a skyscraper. You should provide an in depth equation including where the window is, how big it is, and if the employer would notice if the window was clean or not.
    4) We are talking pirates! They don't live that long so you shouldn't feel bad if you pinned them against each other. Depending on how many pirates you will still need if you don't retire with the loot you should say it's a sword fight to the death and the last 5 or so standing divide the money instead of everyone getting small amounts and they will agree because they are greedy. When the tournament or massacre is over split the money with fewer people or use your gun to eliminate the exhausted and scurvy riddled victors and split the money with your damn self.
    5) They didn't specify what kind of clock and since i have a digital, the answer is 0.
    6) An eight-year old should be smart enough to Google any questions that he/she might have, if not good luck explaining anything to the dumb kid.
    7) Not everyone has played monopoly because it takes too long and this is America so the man was probably robbed on his way to the hotel. Some people pose as valet and take your car so maybe he left his fortune in his glove compartment. Glove compartment seems like a poor name since no sane person wears driving gloves anymore. Honestly, fortune could also refer to a fortune from a fortune cookie and those little pieces of paper get lost so easily.
    Google give me a job

  • @chiranjayk2108
    @chiranjayk2108 Před 6 lety

    It's more like a riddle than a question

  • @hookey24
    @hookey24 Před 7 lety

    There is 10 degrees not 7.5. One minute is 4 degrees and the little pointer goes a quarter between 3 and 4, which is 2.5 minutes, that makes the difference 10 degrees between the two.

  • @Syberware
    @Syberware Před 7 lety

    lol i love how google just fucks with you milk toast square bear college graduates with questions like this when you're walking in there all nervous like your future is on the line lol.. gotta love the system.

  • @AZOZTheFake
    @AZOZTheFake Před 7 lety +1

    Is it bad that I said you should make a tournament between the ship members ( who ever loses dies ) and at the final you should give 45 percent for each person and you take 10 percent of it ?
    It works tho

  • @angienatoyn
    @angienatoyn Před 7 lety

    These are actually pretty fun questions but absolutely nightmarish in an interview when you are nervous af.

  • @PaulNemec17
    @PaulNemec17 Před 7 lety

    The pirate question was answered incorrectly because if you, the captain, die then someone else takes your place to propose a plan and lets say the same rules still apply to the next captain. Now, imagine that all but two pirates remain after all others have been killed. If that is the case, the captain gives himself all of the gold and votes for the plan so that even if the other pirate votes against it he will still get all of the gold. From now on I will designate the last remaining pirate pirate 1 , the second last pirate 2 and so on. If three pirates remain the captain cannot please pirate 2 since pirate 2 knows that if he gets pirate 3 killed pirate 2 gets all of the gold. Instead pirate 3 gives pirate 1 one gold piece and himself the rest, knowing that pirate 1 will vote for it because if he does not pirate 1 gets nothing, the captain obviously votes for it as well making up more than 50%. Pirate 2 now knows that if only 3 pirates remain he will get nothing, meaning he will vote for any plan that gives him one gold piece if 4 pirates remain. Therefore, pirate 4 , the current captain gives himself all gold except one piece and gives pirate two the other piece. At this point you may have noticed the pattern.
    TLDR: You simply give every second pirate one piece and yourself the rest. So you give pirate n almost all gold, pirate n-1 nothing, pirate n-2 one piece and so on.

  • @rydersonthestorm7175
    @rydersonthestorm7175 Před 7 lety

    How many times a clock's hands question overlap in a day is wrong. You have to restrict the domain to exclude 0:00, if this isn't done, the correct answer is 23. If 0:00 (same as 24:00) is excluded from the domain of inputs, than the answer is 22. The question is the problem, not the answer.

  • @R0adx
    @R0adx Před 7 lety

    the angle for the clock question was quite easy

  • @MrCmon113
    @MrCmon113 Před 7 lety

    Apart from the window one those were easy.
    There is much harder questions in those interviews like writing an algorithm for the money change problem or an implementation of quick sort.

  • @davesflythroughs1764
    @davesflythroughs1764 Před 6 lety

    I hope Google is ready for my questions when they come knocking one day.

  • @stevejobs7989
    @stevejobs7989 Před 7 lety

    'go outside and play' gives you an extra scores 😂😂😂

  • @catherine52525
    @catherine52525 Před 7 lety

    the manhole and 3:15 angle question seem like pretty simple questions for the type of person Google would be interviewing. I got both of them and there's no way in hell i'm smart enough to work at Google.

  • @amarbirsinghsandhu1568

    A Database is just like your piggybank or hideout to store Candy. That place is valuable to you for your work AND the Database is useful for US Adults for OUR Work. Get it??

  • @user-lq4ld2xn1e
    @user-lq4ld2xn1e Před 7 lety

    The answer to how much you should charge for cleaning windows is: at least as much an hour as I will get at this job (the job for which you're interviewing)

  • @dnsdnsdns111
    @dnsdnsdns111 Před 3 lety

    Give one coin to the person who will make the distribution strategy when you die. Assuming the entire crew is smart.

  • @me-it9jn
    @me-it9jn Před 6 lety

    “He landed on boardwalk” shows car on park place

  • @DisappearingBoy2010
    @DisappearingBoy2010 Před 6 lety

    The answer to most of these is 'who gives a shit?'. It has nothing to do with the job. Disney used to ask these stupid questions too like is the glass half empty or full, and if you could be any type of animal what would it be? No relevance or indicator whatsoever in the person's job qualifications.

  • @murdey
    @murdey Před 7 lety

    I love that last one

  • @rickjames5998
    @rickjames5998 Před 7 lety

    google has seen all the questions, so now they can ask the questions

  • @laowyn4414
    @laowyn4414 Před 7 lety

    The last one was unfair because not everybody has that version of the game. For example, I have one version with a candle, a mushroom, an apple, a pepper grinder and a bottle of wine instead of an hat, a car, a dog etc..

  • @grandsome1
    @grandsome1 Před 7 lety +1

    Best answer: "Wait, let me Google that!"

  • @aromelun
    @aromelun Před 7 lety

    Say this to the guy before test:
    - I can prove that there is a person who works here without having answered a single question.
    - who?
    - The guy who created Google
    - You're hired

  • @CLIVEMAC
    @CLIVEMAC Před 7 lety

    The Last question should be explained like "Database is like a Tiffin box where you can keep things you like". :P

  • @imasepan
    @imasepan Před 7 lety

    I can do it in one sentence, I think.
    A database is an encyclopedia inside a computer.

  • @hertz816
    @hertz816 Před 7 lety

    some of these are easy af. there's no way they were banned for being too complicated.

  • @maninderkaur7835
    @maninderkaur7835 Před 7 lety

    The question on the angle of clock arms was very easy

  • @Crosby4hyg
    @Crosby4hyg Před 7 lety +1

    I was actually asked the question about manhole covers in a job interview. It was a job at a hardware store...

  • @alexanderak3881
    @alexanderak3881 Před 7 lety

    It rains like every day in Seattle.

  • @bardiakoopah481
    @bardiakoopah481 Před 7 lety

    Thanks Google for giving me an aneurism.

  • @huntsbychainsaw5986
    @huntsbychainsaw5986 Před 6 lety

    I honestly thought the answer to the why are manhole covers round would be along the same reasoning as why you don't cut square holes in the hull or bulkheads of ships. Meh, no Google job for me.

  • @tylersolomon9915
    @tylersolomon9915 Před 7 lety +2

    Are you good at faking stuff
    Me:yes
    YOUR HIRED

  •  Před 7 lety

    Here's a simple question for Google, why do they ask questions that have nothing to do with what they actually do? For example, to ask questions related to their company, computers, viruses / antivirus, JavaScript and so on but they ask their company their rules hope they will receive a positive response 🤔

  • @amit4rou
    @amit4rou Před 7 lety

    can't believe I got the second one right with some math going on in my head which certainly I didn't understand.

  • @Brian-ey4xt
    @Brian-ey4xt Před 7 lety

    google probably did away with these questions because they are trivially easy. I just did these with my coworkers and every person got every single question.

  • @bee5120
    @bee5120 Před 7 lety

    A good related question would be spelling out a unit of measurement that shares the same homonym with the company: googol.

  • @greekenese
    @greekenese Před 7 lety

    The gold one doesn't make sense. The questions says if the majority don't "agree", you die. This doesn't mean that by giving a pirate gold which is even to the others who received gold, that he would agree on the terms of the gold's distribution. You cannot guarantee survival.

  • @AkashDeep-db8wv
    @AkashDeep-db8wv Před 6 lety

    You know what, why Google does not ask this kind of questions anymore because these questions were never asked in Google

  • @tc-31counsel96
    @tc-31counsel96 Před 4 lety

    Question no.2,4,and 5 are actually asked in some entrance examinations for undergraduate programs in india.

  • @Directlite664
    @Directlite664 Před 7 lety +12

    hows overlapping ans 22 anf not 24

    • @asd6484
      @asd6484 Před 7 lety +22

      It takes 60 mins for the minute hand to do one full rotation, but by that time, the hour hand is at the 1hr mark, so ~5 mins later, they will overlap. 65 mins per hour, divide 24hrs by 65 mins = ~22 times.

    • @Latonx
      @Latonx Před 7 lety +3

      I feel immensely stupid now, but thanks

    • @evan2059
      @evan2059 Před 7 lety

      ASD I'm stupid, that one made no sense to me lol

    • @nashmkm360
      @nashmkm360 Před 7 lety +4

      Imagine hour needle and minute needle started at 12'o clock. For a minute needle to come to do full rotation it takes 60 minutes or one hour.
      In that time hour needle moved from 12 to next number marked which is 1'o clock, that is 5 mins from 12 to 1'o clock on a clock.
      Both needles passed each other hence at 65 mins, 60 mins moved by minute needle, 5 mins moved by hour needle.
      24/65=22.
      24 hrs*60 min=1440 mins in a day.
      Both units should be in minutes for next step.
      1440/65 min= 22.15 times needles cross each other.

    • @ngabui4204
      @ngabui4204 Před 7 lety

      Google should have people like you

  • @davidkumar9216
    @davidkumar9216 Před 7 lety

    Asks riddles that the person giving interviews couldn't figure out himself because they were nearly trick questions that don't have much to do with the job.

  • @aronseptianto8142
    @aronseptianto8142 Před 7 lety

    ok,that question especially the first two is not that hard. The server explanation,while not useful in this case since you're not employed as a communicator is not that hard. That pirate thingy is probably removed because it incentivise bad leadership practice.the window thingy is stupid since you don't get to collect data and the last one i'm still confused
    the point is that it's not banned from being hard but it's probably banned because it's too easy or it's not correlated to the job

  • @spb0725
    @spb0725 Před 2 lety

    2:10 *"now go outside and play"*
    Lol

  • @richardrutherford9813
    @richardrutherford9813 Před 7 lety

    "He landed on Boardwalk" except he's clearly on Park Place.

  • @samm4510
    @samm4510 Před 7 lety +1

    That second one didn't seem too hard imo and seems like the sort of thing they would normally ask at their interviews.

  • @manchuratt8900
    @manchuratt8900 Před 6 lety +1

    That clock question is wrong. I measured that shit with my protractor. Also, the small lines between the hours are divided into 5 fields, the end of the 5th being the next hour.. So, using 1/4 is wrong. Angle between each hour is 30 degrees and that is divided into 5 parts; meaning At 3:15, the small hand is between the first and second line and that puts the small hand in the second field. It appears at 3/4 of its way in the second field. So, the real angle is 6° + (6° x 3/4) = 10.5°.

    • @skullz1
      @skullz1 Před 6 lety +1

      nope. if youre dividing each hour into five parts that means each part is 12 minutes on the minute hand (i.e. the minute hand moves 12 units (mins) for every one unit the hour hand moves). 15/12 = 5/4 units moved by the hour hand. 6° per unit. 6 * 5/4 = 7.5°.
      doesnt matter how you divide it. using 1/4 is easier to understand though, because we know that 15 units on the minute hand is 1/4 of an hour, i.e. 1/4 of the 30° between 3 and 4. idk where youre getting 3/4 from, you just judging it by eye?

    • @MrMarcoUnico
      @MrMarcoUnico Před 6 lety

      It's not wrong, you are over complicating it.
      You agree the angle between each hour is 30°, but you are being misled by the number of lines between each hour.
      There could be 4, 5 or even 78,000 lines between each hour; these do not determine what you divide the 30° angle by.
      15 minutes will always rotate the minute hand 1/4 of 30° away from the hour hand, so 30÷4=7.5% 👍

  • @aetherica7453
    @aetherica7453 Před 4 lety

    Can't believe the "3:15" one was even a question. I had the answer before they even revealed the answer.

  • @gonzzceli
    @gonzzceli Před 7 lety

    I feel so stupid and ignorant, completely clueless on all of these questions...

  • @godboss9758
    @godboss9758 Před 7 lety

    i would have pulled my phone out and googled the answers. i would have also looked the interviewer in the eyes and said,'' if you think i'm going to reinvent the wheel, you can hold this L.''

  • @robertcapron8283
    @robertcapron8283 Před 7 lety

    I would wash all the windows in Seattle for $1. It rains a lot there, so my job would be done for me soon enough. And I might get a free trip to Seattle.

    • @imasepan
      @imasepan Před 7 lety

      Robert Capron I would charge one of those chore coupons that orders whomever receives it to do a chore -in this case, wash a window- per window.

  • @uminhtetoo
    @uminhtetoo Před 6 lety

    Now, clocks and watches are going digital.

  • @hrishihumon7139
    @hrishihumon7139 Před 6 lety

    The database answer :D
    1. You have 1000 boxes of different chocolates that no one has in your city.
    2. You want to relish it slowly, keep it safe and protected throughout your life.
    3. A database assures you that your chocolates will be safe until you yourself eat them all.
    Provided no expiry date :-D

  • @pierre-rose7783
    @pierre-rose7783 Před 3 lety

    I got tougher questions for the interviewer, but unfortunately we are not allowed to ask the questions that matter the most.