I thought that everybody long stopped doing them because Google says that data shows they are not a good indicator. I got a phone call from a recruiter for Microsoft EMEA around 6 months ago and I got a brain teaser. I solved it but I attribute this to luck, I could just have not come up with the right idea. What gives?
I've also heard of companies still looking at college transcripts even though Google says they aren't predictive for people after a few years of experience. I'm surprised that Microsoft would ask one still.
Doesn't Google also ask for transcripts? But yeah they probably will stop doing so cuz transcripts are racism.
Sorry, I meant "actually care about transcripts" - not just get them to verify degrees etc.
Why is Google the be all end all of hiring, most of their shit is just needing bodies
Sometimes interviewers ignore guidelines and ask whatever they like.
What type of brainteaser? Like how many balls are in a 747, I was asked a brainteaser a few weeks ago for a management consulting job. I was also asked a brainteaser for a hedge fund, but that was more of a quant style one "A lilypad doubles each day and on day 30 it fills the entire lake. There is a second lake of the same size that has 8 lillypads, how many days does it take for the second lake to fill completely"
Here's the one I got: "There are eight balls. Seven of them weigh the same but one of them has a different weight (lighter). How do you find the lighter ball with two weighs?"
Wait you split them 3 3 2 and first weigh is 3 and 3 and if they’re the same then you weigh the 2 last ones against each other. And if the 3 and 3 one of them weigh more take that side so you have 3 balls, and take one against the other and leave the 3rd aside. I’m assuming they’re the balance scales.
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The recruiter probably just wanted to flex.
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