Google candidates going for a role as product manager also used to be asked: 'How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?
申请谷歌公司产品经理职位的应聘者也曾被问到："一辆校车里能够容纳多少颗高尔夫球？"
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.
为了解决这个问题,应聘者必须估算出一颗正常高尔夫球的体积以及一辆正常校车的体积,同时也需将校车内占据空间的座椅和其他固定装置的体积等因素考虑在内.
The answer is the volume of the bus, divided by the volume of the balls.
这个答案就是校车容量除以高尔夫球体积所得的数字.
As well as questions involving calculation and physics, Google used to ask would-be employees to solve logic puzzles.
谷歌公司的面试问题不仅提及数学运算与物理学方面,也曾让其潜在雇员们解决逻辑难题.
One of the riddles was: 'Every man in a village of 100 married couples has cheated on his wife.
其中的一个谜题是：在一个村庄里,有100对已婚夫妇,每名男子都曾对自己的配偶不忠.
'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,村庄里的妇人们便会立刻得知,但是如果这名男子是自己的丈夫,妇人将不会得到消息.
'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.
这个村庄的法律严禁婚外情.任何妇人一旦证实丈夫有婚外情,就必须当日杀了他.
'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?'
村里的妇人们从来没有违背过该法规.有一天,村庄里的女王来访并宣称村里至少有一名丈夫背着妻子有婚外情.接下来究竟会发生什么？
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.
尽管关于正确答案,众人各持己见,但仍存有一个广为流行的解答,即所有背情忘义的丈夫将会在女王宣布消息之后的第100天被执以死刑.
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.
一旦有男子出轨,村庄里的所有妇人便会即刻得知消息,除非这名男子是自己的丈夫.因此,如果只有一个不忠的男子,那么妇人便得知此人就是自己的丈夫,便会在当日使其命丧黄泉.
