"Why did you spend all that money developing the TouchPad, only to promptly discontinue it?"
Posted on 12/29/2011 6:16:52 AM PST by LibWhacker
I interviewed for an Electronics Technician job back in 1998 at Tracor, which is now part of BAE Systems.
I was instructed by the interviewer, to “draw a radio.”
I drew a block diagram from memory of a UHF transceiver that I had worked on extensively during my first enlistment in the Navy (I’m retired Navy).
He recognized the diagram because he had also repaired those radios. He told me that one guy actually drew a picture of a radio.
I got the job........
“If Germans were the tallest people in the world, how would you prove it?”
“This is a marketing job I’m applying for, right?”
“Yes.”
“I’d put an IQ test in their bathrooms.”
“What would that prove?”
“Nothing about their height, but we could see if their waste was capable of working at Hewlett Packard because you evidently hire stupid s&%$s here.”
Hadn’t thought of weight distribution or least amount of material.
Nice going ...
This is my favorite of all the interview questions I’ve been asked, as it caused me to sit back and think.
Interview questions
That is my favorite example of a classic Algebra mistake. I love that one.
Also love the Bob Barker (?) quiz game where there are 3 curtains (A, B and C) and 1 car hidden behind one of the 3 curtains. You chose curtain “A”, the host opens a curtain”B” and exposes a ‘wheelbarrow’; leaving you with your origional curtain “A”, and an unknown curtain “C”. The host then offers you a chance to change your mind from Curtain A, to Curtain C).
Are your odds of winning the car better, worse or the same if you change your mind? If you do the math, if you don’t change your mind - you have a 33% chance of winning; if you consistently change your mind you have a 66% chance of winning the car.
"Why did you spend all that money developing the TouchPad, only to promptly discontinue it?"
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