Google candidates going for a role as product manager also used to be asked: 'How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?
申請谷歌公司產品經理職位的應聘者也曾被問到："一輛校車里能夠容納多少顆高爾夫球？"
To solve it one must calculate the volume of the average golf ball and the the volume of the average school bus, taking into account factors like the seats and other fixtures taking up space.
為了解決這個問題,應聘者必須估算出一顆正常高爾夫球的體積以及一輛正常校車的體積,同時也需將校車內占據空間的座椅和其他固定裝置的體積等因素考慮在內.
The answer is the volume of the bus, divided by the volume of the balls.
這個答案就是校車容量除以高爾夫球體積所得的數字.
As well as questions involving calculation and physics, Google used to ask would-be employees to solve logic puzzles.
谷歌公司的面試問題不僅提及數學運算與物理學方面,也曾讓其潛在雇員們解決邏輯難題.
One of the riddles was: 'Every man in a village of 100 married couples has cheated on his wife.
其中的一個謎題是：在一個村莊里,有100對已婚夫婦,每名男子都曾對自己的配偶不忠.
'Every wife in the village instantly knows when a man other than her husband has cheated but does not know when her own husband has.
一旦有男子在外偷吃,村莊里的婦人們便會立刻得知,但是如果這名男子是自己的丈夫,婦人將不會得到消息.
'The village has a law that does not allow for adultery. Any wife who can prove that her husband is unfaithful must kill him that very day.
這個村莊的法律嚴禁婚外情.任何婦人一旦證實丈夫有婚外情,就必須當日殺了他.
'The women of the village would never disobey this law. One day, the queen of the village visits and announces that at least one husband has been unfaithful. What happens?'
村里的婦人們從來沒有違背過該法規.有一天,村莊里的女王來訪并宣稱村里至少有一名丈夫背著妻子有婚外情.接下來究竟會發生什么？
Although opinion varies as to the correct answer, a popular solution is to assume that all the cheating husbands will be executed 100 days after the queen's announcement.
盡管關于正確答案,眾人各持己見,但仍存有一個廣為流行的解答,即所有背情忘義的丈夫將會在女王宣布消息之后的第100天被執以死刑.
Every wife in the village instantly knows when a man other than her husband has cheated, so if there's only one unfaithful man she will know it's her husband and will kill him that day.
一旦有男子出軌,村莊里的所有婦人便會即刻得知消息,除非這名男子是自己的丈夫.因此,如果只有一個不忠的男子,那么婦人便得知此人就是自己的丈夫,便會在當日使其命喪黃泉.
