Interview Questions

Posted by Admin on 11/16/2008 1:55 AM | Comments (8)

So the economy is really bad and your job might be on the line, Google is always looking for new talent. Here are 2 questions that they asked a friend of mine. What would you answer?

1. You have been shrunk down to the size of a nickel and tossed into a blender. You are told that the blender blades will start in 60 seconds.What would you do to save your life?


2. Design and describe a system/application that will most efficiently produce a report of the top 1 million Google search requests.These are the particulars.

* You are given 12 servers to work with. They are all dual-processor machines with 4Gb of RAM, 4x400GB hard drives and networked together.(Basically, nothing more than high-end PC’s)

* The log data has already been cleaned for you. It consists of 100 Billion log lines, broken down into 12 320 GB files of 40-byte search terms per line.

* You can use only custom written applications or available free open-source software.

So what do you think, could you answer these questions?

Comments (8) -

Lionel on 11/15/2008 9:31 AM Hi,
This is a pretty good attempt to give the most latest questions asked in the interviews. This way the people would always be updated with the questions and the expected answers.
Leroy on 11/15/2008 11:49 AM Can we get more questions on the same?
Lambert on 11/15/2008 2:07 PM possiblities..for question 1
a) I they can shrink me down to the size of nickel then I will run some vb code inside the blender.

Blender.Timer.Stop()

b) Why should I worry?? Blender blades can do nothing if I am a piece of metal, Chances are there I damage the blades and the Jar.
Question 2
a) I don't want a job in google.
Foster on 11/15/2008 4:25 PM question 1, start running around the inside of the blender. using centrifugal force, i would slowly work my way up and out of the top.

i have seen videos of people trying to hold onto playground marry-go-rounds as a truck/ATV pulls a rope to get the thing spinning....there is a reason they are some of the funniest things around.
Finbar on 11/15/2008 6:43 PM relevancy is a virtue.
Conan on 11/15/2008 9:01 PM Why would I save my life? I'm just a speckle on the face of this earth.

On the other hand if the boss of google was with me I would save his life.
Bond on 11/15/2008 11:19 PM Question 1:
I would pull out my hair, take off my clothes and would try to jam the motor with that
Baldwin on 11/16/2008 1:37 AM Number 1 is pretty easy

Go to the center of the axle to which the blades are attached and hold on really tight. Centrifugal force is zero in the center of rotation
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