Puzzles

Interview Riddles

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.

11.

I am a 7 letter English word.

  • My first 2 letters indicate a boy.
  • The first 3 letters indicate a girl.
  • The first 4 letters indicate a boy.
  • And the whole word indicates a girl!

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12.

A man got killed in his office. The suspects are Mary, Jade, Jason, Nike and Sofia. At the site of the murder, the numbers 6, 4, 9, 10, 11 are inscribed on a calendar with blood.
Who's the murderer ?

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13.

Find the month.

  • Take the number of days in a leap year
  • Add the number of months with 30 days
  • Divide by the number of loaves in a baker's dozen
  • Add the number of days in March
  • Add the square root of nine
  • Divide by the number of days in a week

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14.

How many runs can one player score in an ODI match (50 overs/300 balls) assuming there are no 'No Balls', Wides and Over Throws ?

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15.

A person forgot his 5 digit password, but he remembered some hints.

  • 1st digit is square of 2nd digit.
  • Sum of 2nd and 3rd digit makes 10.
  • 4th digit is 2nd digit + 1.
  • Sum of 5th and 3rd digit makes 14.
  • Sum of all 5 digits = 30
What is the password ?

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16.

The Smith family is a very wealthy family that lives in a big, circular home. One morning, Mr. Smith woke up and saw a strawberry jam stain on his new carpet.
He figured out that everyone who was there that morning had a jam sandwich. By reading the follow

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