interview questions

[PRC1964]

High, seeing as you pay your own

Low - the rest is dividends

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Very similar to the "number of blind piano tuners in New York" question.

It's a good question imho.

[oracleslave]

I'm with you. What is the correct response to that?

[KevinS]

As many as there needs to be..

[Churchill]

Ok, it's like this.

"How many blind piano tuners are there in New York?"

X = the population of New York

Y = number of piano tuners in New York

What percentage of the population of New York are blind?

What percentage of them are of working age?

There's enough information to come up with an estimate for the number of Blind Piano Tuners in New-York.

[DimPrawn]

Ok, it's like this.

"How many blind piano tuners are there in New York?"

X = the population of New York

Y = number of piano tuners in New York

What percentage of the population of New York are blind?

What percentage of them are of working age?

There's enough information to come up with an estimate for the number of Blind Piano Tuners in New-York.

By the same logic, how many deaf piano tuners are there in Baltimore?

[oracleslave]

Ok, it's like this.

"How many blind piano tuners are there in New York?"

X = the population of New York

Y = number of piano tuners in New York

What percentage of the population of New York are blind?

What percentage of them are of working age?

There's enough information to come up with an estimate for the number of Blind Piano Tuners in New-York.

By the same logic, how many deaf piano tuners are there in Baltimore?

Can't you just suggest that one of those noddy sas programmers will extract the info from the data warehouse for them and you'll just manage the process?

Or ask for 5 min to consult SKA?

[Marina]

Ok, it's like this.

"How many blind piano tuners are there in New York?"

X = the population of New York

Y = number of piano tuners in New York

What percentage of the population of New York are blind?

What percentage of them are of working age?

There's enough information to come up with an estimate for the number of Blind Piano Tuners in New-York.

Be a dear and go and make the tea Churchill, and leave the thinking to us girls

Piano tuners are *far* more likely than the average person to be blind.

What is the population of NY?

What percentage of them own pianos?

How many other pianos are there in NY schools, clubs, and restaurants etc?

How often does the average piano need tuning?

How many pianos can a tuner do a year?

What percentage of piano tuners are blind?

[moorfield]

How many piano tuners eat pot noodle ?

[snaw]

Not exactly an interview question but I worked in network ops a few years ago at a big bank, and every morning they'd have a health check conference call and each discipline would give an update of major ongoing problems.

Dumb bird to me:

"Networks, any problems this morning"

Me

"None I'm aware of"

Dumb bird on global call:

"Any problems you're not aware of"?

Me

" "?!?!?!

She didn't get it when people started laughing on the call either.