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You have two ropes coated in an oil to help them burn. Each rope will take exactly 1 hour to burn all the way through. However, the ropes do not burn at constant rates—there are spots where they burn a little faster and spots where they burn a little slower, but it always takes 1 hour to finish the job. With a lighter to ignite the ropes, how can you measure exactly 45 minutes?
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Software Engineer Intern

Interviewed at Cubic

2.6
Jan 14, 2022

You have two ropes coated in an oil to help them burn. Each rope will take exactly 1 hour to burn all the way through. However, the ropes do not burn at constant rates—there are spots where they burn a little faster and spots where they burn a little slower, but it always takes 1 hour to finish the job. With a lighter to ignite the ropes, how can you measure exactly 45 minutes?

They had a question about a design project that I had worked on during my undergraduate. They were wondering what I did to optimize the design but they intentionally did not mention "optimize" in any format to see if I i would bring it up.
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Quality Engineer Intern

Interviewed at Boeing

3.7
Sep 14, 2012

They had a question about a design project that I had worked on during my undergraduate. They were wondering what I did to optimize the design but they intentionally did not mention "optimize" in any format to see if I i would bring it up.

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