1.
Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I will still sound the same. I am a five letter word. What am I ?
These questions are riddles. What do you do if you get this type of question? First, assess what quality the interviewer is looking for. Secondly, decide whether or not you want to work for a company who’s famous at throwing you tricks. Some companies will ask you these kinds of questions to see if you’re prepared to handle off-the-wall kinds of questions and answers you may get when on the job. They also might want to assess how quickly you are on your feet. Or, they may want to see how you go through a line of thinking.
2.
You wake up one morning and there’s been a power outage. You know you have 12 black socks and 8 blue ones. How many socks do you need to pull out before you’ve got a match?
4.
Calculate the number of degrees between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock (nondigital) that reads 3:15.
5.
There are eight balls, one of which is slightly heavier than the others. You have a two-armed scale, which you are allowed to use only twice. Find the ball that’s heavier.
6.
The Batting team's players get out in 10 consecutive balls, without making any attempt to take runs and all the balls were legal deliveries. Which number Batsman will be shown not out on the scorecard ?
7.
What replaces the question mark ?
- 9999 = 4
- 8888 = 8
- 1816 = 3
- 1212 = 0
- 1919 = ?
8.
When you do not know what I am, then I am something. But when you know what I am, then I am nothing.
What am I ?
9.
Solve this, if you think you're brilliant...
- I am an 11 letter Indian city.
- My last 6 letters is a fruit name.
- 7,8,3 letters is a bird name.
- 6,7,5,3 is an organ in our face.
- 1,8,3 is used by writers.
- 9,5,3 is a soap name.
10.
One word fits all the 4 blanks spaces; and it's a seven letter word:
- A rich man needs _______.
- A poor man has _______.
- If you eat _______, you die.
- And when you die, you can take ______ with you !
