At the end of October, Google published a "Google Laboratory Ability Test" on the US "MAS Technology Review", "LinuxJournal", "MENSA", "Today Physics". The beginning of the test paper, enliminating "try it! Send the answer back to Google, you have hope to visit the Google headquarters, and become one of us."
I have seen these topics, although weird, it is not difficult, interested people can do mail to Google, maybe get a job opportunity.
Note: Don't give me an answer.
1. Solve this cryptic equation, realizing of course that values for M and E could be interchanged No leading zeros are allowed WWWDOT -.. GOOGLE = DOTCOM 2. Write a haiku describing possible methods for predicting search traffic seasonality 3. 1 1 1. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 What is the next line? 4. You are in a maze of twisty Little Passages, All alike. There is a dusty laptop here with a weak wireless. There Are Dull, Lifeless gnomes strolling about. What dost thou do? A) Wander aimlessly, bumping into obstacles until you are eaten by a grue. B) Use the laptop as a digging device to tunnel to the next level. C) Play MPoRPG until the battery dies along with your hopes. D) Use the computer to map the nodes of the maze and discover an exit path. E) Email your resume to Google, tell the lead gnome you quit and find yourself in whole different world. 5. What's broken with Unix ? How Would you fix it? 6. On Your First Day at Google, you discover That your cubicle code wrote the t extbook you used as a primary resource in your first year of graduate school Do you:... A) Fawn obsequiously and ask if you can have an autograph B) Sit perfectly still and use only soft keystrokes to avoid disturbing her concentration C) Leave her daily offerings of granola and English toffee from the food bins. D) Quote your favorite formula from the textbook and explain how it's now your mantra. E) Show her how example 17b could have been solved with 34 fewer lines of code. 7. Which of the following expresses Google □ OVER-Arching Philosophy? A) "i'm feput" b) "Don't Be Evil" C) "OH, I Already Fixed That" D) "You Should Never Be More Than 50 Feet from food
E) All of the above 8. How many different ways can you color an icosahedron with one of three colors on each face? What colors would you choose? 9. This space left intentionally blank. Please fill it with something that improves upon emptiness. 10.On an infinite, two-dimensional, rectangular lattice of 1-ohm resistors, what is the resistance between two nodes that are a knight's move away? 11.It's 2 PM on a sunny Sunday afternoon in the Bay Area. You're minutes from the Pacific Ocean, redwood forest hiking trails and world class cultural attractions. What do you do? 12.In your opinion, what is the most beautiful math equation ever derived? 13. Which of the following is NOT an actual interest group formed by Google employees? A. Women's basketball C. Cricketeers D. Nobel winners E. Wine club 14.What will be the next great improvement in search technology? 15.What is the optimal size of a project team, above which additional members do not Contribute Productivity Equivalent to the Percen TAGE INCREASE IN THE STAFF SIZE? A) 1 b) 3 c) 5 D) 11 E) 24 16.given a triangle abc, how Would You Use ONLY A Compass and Straight Edge to Find A Point P Such That Triangles ABP, ACP and BCP have equal perimeters? (Assume that ABC is constructed so that a solution does exist.) 17.Consider a function which, for a given whole number n, returns the number of ones required when writing out all numbers between 0 and n. For example, f (13) = 6. Notice That f (1) = 1. What is the next limited n Such That f (n) = n? 18.What's the coolst Hack you've Ever Written? 19. '
