5/8     I'm bored, anyone have good interview questions to ask?
        \_ if (a ^ 2 + b ^ 2) / (1 + a * b) = n, where n is an integer, then
           there exists an integer m, such that m ^ 2 = n.  Prove.  -- ilyas
           \_ n = 1.  m = 1.  a = 1.  b = 1.
        \_ "Do you eat pussy?"
        \_ "So tell me about yourself."
        \_ "So, tell me your greatest strength and your greatest weakness."
           I love that one.  That's the point where I know I'm interviewing
           at the wrong place and try to get out ASAP without being an
           \_ /tmp/13coins. -- ilyas
              \_ Quit wasting VM. Put this in /csua/tmp
           asshole to anyone.
           \_ you need to know if you are looking for a heavier one or
              a lighter one.
           \_ What exactly do you do or say to get out ASAP without being an
           asshole to anyone?
           \_ Don't ask any serious questions about the company, maybe blow
              off the tour by saying you'll have more time on the second
              interview, stuff like that.  Shorten it but don't outright flee.
              The industry is both big and small.  Never know when you'll see
              those same people again and you can laugh with them about how
              bad that company was (assuming they've quit by that point too).
        \_ Let's say you have 13 billiard balls.  One of them is slightly
           heavier, or slightly lighter, than the other 12.  You have a two-
           pan scale.  How can you tell, in three weighings, which ball is
           the defective ball?
           \_ This puzzle appeared in the adventure game "Spellcaster",
              although I believe only 12 objects were involved.
           \_ /csua/tmp/13coins. -- ilyas
           \_ Throw the billiard balls at the interviewer's head.  It's
              \_ How to F everybody and still come out clean?
              likely that the defective one will leave a less massive
              bloody headwound than the other 12.  When you suspect, based
              on the reduced amount of bloody skull splinters and gore, that
              you have just thrown the defective one, un-wedge it from the
              interviewer's cranium and weigh it.  With a bit of attention,
              you should be able to guess it in 2 tries max.  -John
           \_ 1. Weigh six on six.  If it is balanced, then the 13th ball
                 not weighed is the one.
              \_ Uh ... yes, that's right.  Please continue.
           \_ You need to know if you are looking for a heavier one or a
              lighter one.
              \_ Wrong.  Please try again.
                \_ No you are wrong.  Assuming it isn't #13 when you weigh
                   those last two out of three you have a 2/3rds chance of
                   having the bad one on the scale.  In that case you need
                   to know if the bad one is heavier or lighter.
                   \_ Please talk to ilyas.  Or, ilyas, please talk.
                      \_ The man can read as well as you or I, he is just
                         trolling. -- ilyas
           \_ Isn't this a pretty hard problem for an interview?  I know
              that at least the 12 billiard ball problem requires much
              more organization and lucidity of thought that a 20 minute
              interview would allow.
              \_ Yes.  I thought someone was bored.
        \_ muchandr first told me this one, he said this was asked at an
           investment bank interview.  In this puzzle, we have two men, two
           women, and two condoms, in a room.  The puzzle is to figure out a
           way for each man to have sex with each woman in such a way that
           no transfer of fluids between any two parties takes place. -- ilyas
           \_ I guess this is an appropriate question for investment bankers?
                \_ Yup.  Ever seen those hot little asian business chicks at
                   on-campus interview day in their mini-mini fuck-me outfits?
                   \_ Yeah, but do you ever get to work with/on them if you
                      join a IB?
                        \_ If they believe you can advance their career in
                           some way, yes.
                   \_ The hottest women worked for JP Morgan. None were
                      Asian, but so what? It almost makes one wonder what
                      the requirements are to be a "recruiter" there.
                      They must want recruits to believe they *won't* be
                      working with 55 year old men who wear only navy blue
                      suits and smell like Old Spice. --dim
           \_ Men: A,B. Women: a,b. Condoms: 1,2. Solution: (4 steps)
                1: A->1->2->a
                2: A->1->b
                3: B->2->a
                4: B->2->1->b
             ... and they told us to never double up condoms in Health class.
              \_ ... and never re-use condoms.
              \_ Who doesn't mind being B?  Yucks!
                 \_ jj
        \_ on a scale of 1-10 (ten being the best), how do you rate yourself
           in terms of C++ coding (C, Perl, etc.)?
           \_ 11.  For all of them.
                \_ shows confidence, which is good, but perhaps way too
                        cocky for team unity?
        \_ borg cube vs. death star. who wins? -ali
           \_ That's not a fair comparison! It should be cube vs star destroyer!
                \_ Death star.  Ever seen a BC fire one blast at a planet
                   and destroy it?  Not carrything that kind of firepower.
                   Also, not using the force.
                   |_ The force is irrelevant.
                      \_ I find your lack of faith disturbing.  - Vader
                         \_ I have heard this countless times from
                            countless speices. Now they are all M$
                            subsidaries, uh I mean, borg.
                                \_ Until the DoJ gets done with them.
           \_ Kirk vs. Han Solo -> who can get more?
                \_ Kirk got it all the time.  What'd Solo ever get?
           \_ Luke vs. Wesley vs. Nog vs. Jar-Jar vs. Young Anakin vs. Alexander
              Pick three to kill. Justify sparing the others.
                \_ remove Alexander, Jar-Jar, Wesley (who's Nog?)
                   \_ Who is Alexander?
                \_ Sorry, I'd kill them all due to inability to justify.
       \_ Steve Ballmer vs. Larry Ellison, who wins?
          \_ depends on which company is interviewing you
             \_ Good point. I was thinking of a non-aligned power.
          Kirk vs. Picard, who wins?
          Linux vs. *BSD, who wins?
          HPUX vs. AIX, aren't you glad there is Solaris?
          Quebec Frenchies vs. French Frenchies, whose more wako?