Corporate culture questions

[ChromeFoundry]

1. Thes types of questions

are designed to gauge your problem solving abilities.

They expect you to theorize on a solution and explain your reasoning for your conclusion from what knowledge you already know. They usually start out with basic problems - "Why are manhole covers round?" and work up to more complex questions like - "About how many gas stations are there in the entire lower 48 states? Explain how you would determine a good estimation." Google is looking for people that stretch their mind to find solutions to problems before they exist.

I don't know how one would get better at solving problems like these, other than being exposed to a lot of information and by simply wondering how everything works and seeking out answers to odd questions.

Here's one that always puzzled me... If a person was born completely blind, would their dreams contain images? If so, what would they be images of?