Lowest multiple of 16 that only contains 1s and 0s...I couldn't come up with an efficient solution besides multiplying by stuff until I ended up with 10000 (took too long, interviewer asked me to move on).
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If you wrote out 1 to 100 how many times would you write the number 9?
Nothing particularly hard
The math test, although on paper, tests mental math, and so no scratch work is allowed. Also, make sure you can estimate the solution to a relatively difficult arithmetic question fairly well.
Two brain teasers at the end of the interview
There are currently 2 boys and an unknown # of girls in a hospital. A mother gives a birth to a baby but its sex is not known. The nurse picks up a baby randomly and it turns out to be a boy. What is the probability that the mother bore a boy?
Two people take turns counting to 50. Each person can add from 1 to 10 to the total sum. The first to count the number 50 wins. What is your strategy? Do you want to go first?
In world series, what are the odds it goes 7 games if each team equal change of winning.
What is the expected outcome of 2 10-sided dice. Why? Now let's play a game..
Today is 15/09/2011,what's the nearest day in the future that all the eight digits are unique?
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