tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post112996997928952883..comments2023-11-05T01:07:30.780-08:00Comments on OtherThings: Google Interview Questions (They Are Hiring)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-78386763515541777162008-09-10T18:25:00.000-07:002008-09-10T18:25:00.000-07:001 is pretty straightforward.jump right to the cent...1 is pretty straightforward.<BR/>jump right to the centre of blender-rotar. tie urself up to the sentre rod/shaft and then sit tight for a "trip to hell"<BR/>as for 2 computing is no more my area.Dr. Ahteramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331747266023524744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-39517676047747840752007-06-04T05:14:00.000-07:002007-06-04T05:14:00.000-07:001 is really easy, just sit down and relax in a cor...1 is really easy, just sit down and relax in a corner, coz the question no where specifies that there is liquid also filled in the blender. <BR/>ITs just you and the blades and no matter how hard the air is blended it wont affect you anyway :)<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13226737928679279721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-23671189080449658802007-02-18T12:54:00.000-08:002007-02-18T12:54:00.000-08:00Thank you for this post. I have not gone through a...Thank you for this post. I have not gone through an interview with Google but I came across this site which have some sample questions<BR/>http://www.technical-interview.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-63607831800724975532007-02-17T08:25:00.000-08:002007-02-17T08:25:00.000-08:00I Wud probably let the blender take its own course...I Wud probably let the blender take its own course. <BR/>After all what use is being a Nickel and living life like a fish out of water.<BR/>without my PC and my GF it wud suck bigtime ;-)<BR/><BR/>~FrederickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-35979777536249670032007-02-16T07:10:00.000-08:002007-02-16T07:10:00.000-08:00As with all good theories I think some practical t...As with all good theories I think some practical testing is in order...<BR/><BR/>Clearly we cant shrink anyone, so, lets reverse engineer the question.<BR/><BR/>Someone go make a massive blender, and then you guys can all throws yourselves in - I'll sit on the outside and watch..<BR/><BR/>:DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-21370510117271053782007-02-15T06:41:00.000-08:002007-02-15T06:41:00.000-08:00Cool questions!(1) My weight is 78 kg, and assumin...Cool questions!<BR/><BR/>(1) My weight is 78 kg, and assuming no atoms are "lost" in the shrinking process, I would still weigh 78 kgs. Simply walk to the side of the container and make it fall over and walk out.<BR/><BR/>(2) I would use random sampling here. <BR/><BR/>First I would write a small program that calculates how many loglines I need to randomly sample to get X percent accuracy of the Y top searches. Now I can control the tradeoff between accuracy and time spent parsing (i.e. the number of loglines to parse).<BR/><BR/>I would now try this on a small set, e.g. get a 95% accuracy of the top 10 searches out of 1 millino loglines. I would probably use C or C++ for the random reading, or just some scripting language. I would also probably just use mysql or something like that to store the hits.<BR/><BR/>If the results look promising, I would start crunching on the real data.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Christian Stigen Larsencslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15284432834093693332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-31360332064680560552007-01-15T09:13:00.000-08:002007-01-15T09:13:00.000-08:00Yer all hired!Yer all hired!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1167331665505370482006-12-28T10:47:00.000-08:002006-12-28T10:47:00.000-08:00i would run headlong into a blade and skewer mysel...i would run headlong into a blade and skewer myself on it. then, when the blades started up, i would go flying off and splatter all over the wall of the blender in a spectacular fashion. if i was really lucky, maybe i'd get flung out of the blender and then the giant running it has to deal with a nickel sized lump of goo mess on their rug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1164041383523019812006-11-20T08:49:00.000-08:002006-11-20T08:49:00.000-08:00I got the answer to the nikel question. Essentiall...I got the answer to the nikel question. Essentially, since your mass will be proportianally reduced with respect to height, you can say.. assuming my weight is 215 lbs 6 feet tall... and if a nickel is half an inch tall, that would make me 1.5 lbs. Blenders are no more than 4 lbs, so you represent almost 40% of the weight, thats quite a lot!. Now, within the 60 seconds, you need to climb up to the highest notch of measuring and try to topple over the blender by rocking back and forth... if you are 1.5lbs in a 4 lb blender... this is totally possible.. once it has toppled, walk out of the blender... bam!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1160105121689004802006-10-05T20:25:00.000-07:002006-10-05T20:25:00.000-07:00When they size me down to the size of a nickle, I ...When they size me down to the size of a nickle, I became the NickledMe. Now, there would be atleast over a 100,000 nickles in a box made to fit me. So the compression ration for compressing me to that size would be 1:100000. And hence, the NickledMe would be hard enough not to be affected by the blades.<BR/><BR/>And hence my friends, I would not have to do anything. <BR/><BR/>But to think about this in a minute is kind of difficult. (It took me under a minute to click with this idea and another minutes to come up with the over 100000 number without a calculator... which I think would have been nice to have in the blender thrown along with me....) So I will try my best to hide out somewhere where I think I can get the least injury depending on the structure of the balde. And hope that I come out alive without my legs or something if at all. But as soon as the blender starts, I will find out that all I did was of no use, as I am strong enough to beat the blades. And so am I to break this interview @ Google.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1160088851687598492006-10-05T15:54:00.000-07:002006-10-05T15:54:00.000-07:00An NDA for an interview? _Must_ destroy...An NDA for an interview? _Must_ destroy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1160080942840983382006-10-05T13:42:00.000-07:002006-10-05T13:42:00.000-07:001) As mentioned above, at the size of a nickel (as...1) As mentioned above, at the size of a nickel (assuming that they mean that your height has been reduced to the diameter of a nickle) then all you have to do is press yourself to the edge of the blender. A typical blender's blades can't reach the sides and there'll be TONS of space in between. Then again, most blender jugs are cone-shaped at the bottom to direct food towards the center, so you'd have to fight slippage somehow. Other then that, go right to the center and embrace the spindle (also mentioned above).<BR/><BR/>2) This is deffinately a job for MapReduce. It's exactly what they (google) built it for. I'm guessing this is to make sure you've done your homework about the company rather than to test your skills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1158210097261339932006-09-13T22:01:00.000-07:002006-09-13T22:01:00.000-07:001. the first question is not complete. The questio...1. the first question is not complete. The question says that your weight and dimensions are reduced proportionately to keep your density un-changed.<BR/><BR/>2. in secind question i think hasing or watever method you use we shold keep in mind that we do have 4GB of RAM avaiable on each machine so we should try to do manipulations in the chunk of 4GB. Also since each server has 2 processors we distribute the work on each of them equally to speed things up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1154523424652174872006-08-02T05:57:00.000-07:002006-08-02T05:57:00.000-07:001) I tell who shrunked down me that he has 59 seco...1) I tell who shrunked down me that he has 59 seconds to stop the blades or he will waste a nickel<BR/><BR/>2) ...do you really think I work for free? Hire me first and then you will know how!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1152345433831511722006-07-08T00:57:00.000-07:002006-07-08T00:57:00.000-07:00stupid non-work related interview questions.stupid non-work related interview questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1150998120013983672006-06-22T10:42:00.000-07:002006-06-22T10:42:00.000-07:00If I were shrunk down to the size of a nickle my d...If I were shrunk down to the size of a nickle my density would be so high I could probably bend steel or punch through the flimsy glass wall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1144137217510569272006-04-04T00:53:00.000-07:002006-04-04T00:53:00.000-07:00Easy peezeText help I left my diamond ring in your...Easy peeze<BR/>Text help I left my diamond ring in your blender to the dude<BR/>Micro MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1143644561628531282006-03-29T07:02:00.000-08:002006-03-29T07:02:00.000-08:00Well sounds more like the trick question in Spike ...Well sounds more like the <B>trick question</B> in Spike Lee's latest movie "Inside Man"...<BR/><BR/>At least the one with the blender ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1141092710453787012006-02-27T18:11:00.000-08:002006-02-27T18:11:00.000-08:00Idiots all of you. All you have to do is walk awa...Idiots all of you. All you have to do is walk away from the center of the blender out of the range of the blade. The length of most blender blades is no more than 1/2 the raidus of the blender itself easily leaving enough room for someone the size of a nickel to chill by the glass wall and laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1137670070348951272006-01-19T03:27:00.000-08:002006-01-19T03:27:00.000-08:00More speculatively...My voice would by hypersonic ...More speculatively...<BR/><BR/>My voice would by hypersonic at that size. With some shouts and whistles I could irritate a nearby cat or dog into knocking over the blender. I then escape, with my super jumping power and pocket light laser weapon of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1137669495181704922006-01-19T03:18:00.000-08:002006-01-19T03:18:00.000-08:00Abusing the physics further...I always have a Phot...Abusing the physics further...<BR/><BR/>I always have a Photon-MicroLight in my pocket. Being 1/100th the size the density of photon emittance is 10,000 times greater (being proportional to area). That could probably burn through the wall of the container, allowing my egress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1137669120409205082006-01-19T03:12:00.000-08:002006-01-19T03:12:00.000-08:00Easy, jump out.Muscle strength is proportional to ...Easy, jump out.<BR/><BR/>Muscle strength is proportional to area, so shrinking to 1/100 size I would be 10,000th as strong. But mass is proportional to volume so I would be a millionth as heavy. Therefore relative to my weight, I would be 100 times stronger. Since I can jump about a tenth of my height when I am ~2m tall, I would be able to jump 20cm when shrunk. -- So I could jump clear out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1137594073232913402006-01-18T06:21:00.000-08:002006-01-18T06:21:00.000-08:00Hash idea sounds cool, might be a good idea to fir...Hash idea sounds cool, might be a good idea to first do the count of each item on each individual machine, and then send the local count to each aggregating machine (determined by hash bits). Might be a lot less network traffic than sending each item individually.<BR/><BR/>Love the "thin edge" comment :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1137558550449721332006-01-17T20:29:00.000-08:002006-01-17T20:29:00.000-08:00I'd unscrew the blade assembly with my thin edge.I'd unscrew the blade assembly with my thin edge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16928086.post-1137530273557714542006-01-17T12:37:00.001-08:002006-01-17T12:37:00.001-08:00*cough* Strong. Immensely strong.*cough* Strong. Immensely strong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com