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Can you answer these difficult engineering
interview questions?
Most Difficult
Do you have what it takes to be a kickass
engineer? Top companies like Google, Apple,
Microsoft and SpaceX, of course, only hire
the top engineers and employees. Aside
from undergoing credentials checking, they
also do tough screening interviews to get the
cream of the crop. Sometimes, according
to former interviewees and employees, the
CEOs themselves even conduct the interviews
personally. Let’s see if you have it.
Engineering Interview Questions
From Top Companies
You’re really a kickass engineer if you can answer these mind bending questions.
Try these actual tough interview questions from
these top companies.
Dropbox Engineering Job Interview
Question
. You work on the 60th floor of 100
story building. You walk into your office
and find a bomb sitting on your desk.
It reads 90 seconds and is counting down.
What do you do?
By Farrel Pinto
Microsoft Engineering Job Interview
Question
. You are on a game show. There are
three doors, behind one of which is a
prize and the other two is a chunk of
coal, and the host knows which door holds
the prize. You choose door #1. Before it is
opened, the host opens door #3 and reveals
a lump of coal. You have the choice to stick
with the door you chose originally or switch
to door #2. What do you do?
Google Engineering Job Interview
Question
. Pretend 1% of the population
has a disease. You have a test that
determines if you have that disease,
but it’s only 80% accurate and 20% of
the time you get a false positive. Your test
comes back positive. How likely is it you
have the disease?
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SpaceX Engineering Job Interview
Question
. If you walk 1 mile south, 1 mile west
and 1 mile north, you are exactly back
where you started. Where are you?
– (CEO Elon Musk’s Favorite Question) Intel Engineering Job Interview
Question
. Can you design a spice rack for the
blind? How will it look like? Apple Engineering Job Interview
Question
. If you are in a boat in the middle of
the pond and drop an anchor, how
does the water level vary with respect
to shore?
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