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You have 5kg of Aluminum and 5kg of Steel. You can make whatever cross section beam you want with these materials. If you have to make a cantilever beam 1m long with a load at the end. And you want to minimize the deflection. What material would you use?
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Product Design Engineer

Interviewed at Apple

4.1
Sep 1, 2017

You have 5kg of Aluminum and 5kg of Steel. You can make whatever cross section beam you want with these materials. If you have to make a cantilever beam 1m long with a load at the end. And you want to minimize the deflection. What material would you use?

Brainteaser: 4 people have to cross a rope bridge at night. Only 2 can cross at a time and they only have 1 flashlight. The people cross at different speeds - 10 mins, 5 mins, 2 mins, 1 min - and they cross at the speed of the slowest person. What's the fastest way to get everyone across?
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Product Designer

Interviewed at IXL Learning

3.3
Apr 21, 2013

Brainteaser: 4 people have to cross a rope bridge at night. Only 2 can cross at a time and they only have 1 flashlight. The people cross at different speeds - 10 mins, 5 mins, 2 mins, 1 min - and they cross at the speed of the slowest person. What's the fastest way to get everyone across?

We have a cup of hot coffee and a small cold milk out of the fridge. The room temperature is in between these two. When should we add milk to coffee to get the coolest combination earliest ( at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end)?
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Product Design Engineer

Interviewed at Apple

4.1
Apr 18, 2016

We have a cup of hot coffee and a small cold milk out of the fridge. The room temperature is in between these two. When should we add milk to coffee to get the coolest combination earliest ( at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end)?

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