17 Great Answers To 17 Job Interview Questions You Don't Want To Be Asked

Yesterday, we showed you 17 ridiculous job interview questions people have been asked in the past few months.  They ranged from brain teasers:

"There are 25 horses and 5 race tracks. How many races need to be run to select the top 5 horses?"

To insulting:

"What would you say if I told you that you aren't ambitious?"

If you were stumped by any of them, here are the best answers people gave on Glassdoor's Interview section.

Having an infinite supply of water and two containers, one for 3 liters and one for 5 liters, how would you measure 4 liters?

Job: Software Development Engineer at Amazon.com

Answer:

1. Fill and pour 3 liters into the 5 liter container
2. Refill 3 liter container, transfer as much as possible to the 5 liter container
3. Retain the one liter left in the 3 liter container, empty the 5 liter container
4. Transfer the one liter from the 3 liter to the 5 liter container
5. Refill the 3 liter and transfer it to the one liter in the 5 liter container...
6. Fill

You are on a game show. There are three doors. Behind one of them is a prize; the other two have coal. The host knows which door holds the prize. You choose door #1. Before it is opened, the host opens door #3 and reveals a lump of coal. You have the choice to stick with the door you chose originally or switch to door #2. What do you do?

Job: Program Manager at Microsoft

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See Also:

• 15 Google Interview Questions That Will Make You Feel Stupid
• 15 More Google Interview Questions That Will Make You Feel Stupid

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