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1. Solve this cryptic equation, realizing ofcourse that values for M and E could beinterchanged. No leading zeros are allowed.
WWWDOT - GOOGLE = DOTCOM2. Write a haiku describing possible methodsfor predicting search traffic seasonality.
3.11 12 11 2 1 11 1 1 2 2 1
What is the next line?
4. You are in a maze of twisty little passages,all alike. There is a dusty laptop here with aweak wireless connection. There are dull,lifeless gnomes strolling about. What dostthou do?
A) Wander aimlessly, bumping intoobstacles until you are eaten by a grue.B) Use the laptop as a digging device totunnel to the next level.C) Play MPoRPG until the battery diesalong with your hopes.D) Use the computer to map the nodesof the maze and discover an exit path.E) Email your resume to Google, tell thelead gnome you quit and find yourselfin whole different world.
5. What’s broken with Unix?How would you fix it?
6. On your first day at Google, you discoverthat your cubicle mate wrote the textbookyou used as a primary resource in your firstyear of graduate school. Do you:
A) Fawn obsequiously and ask if youcan have an autograph.B) Sit perfectly still and use only softkeystrokes to avoid disturbing herconcentration.C) Leave her daily offerings of granolaand English toffee from the food bins.
D) Quote your favorite formula from thetextbook and explain how it’s nowyour mantra.E) Show her how example 17b couldhave been solved with 34 fewer linesof code.7. Which of the following expresses Google□over-arching philosophy?
A) "I’m feeling lucky"B) "Don’t be evil"C) "Oh, I already fixed that"D) "You should never be more than50 feet from food"E) All of the above
8. How many different ways can you color anicosahedron with one of three colors oneach face?
What colors would you choose?
9. This space left intentionally blank. Please fill itwith something that improves upon emptiness.
10.On an infinite, two-dimensional, rectangularlattice of 1-ohm resistors, what is theresistance between two nodes that are aknight’s move away?
11.It’s 2 PM on a sunny Sunday afternoon in theBay Area. You’re minutes from the PacificOcean, redwood forest hiking trails and worldclass cultural attractions. What do you do?
12.In your opinion, what is the most beautifulmath equation ever derived?
13. Which of the following is NOT an actualinterest group formed by Google employees?
A. Women’s basketballB. Buffy fansC. CricketeersD. Nobel winnersE. Wine club
14.What will be the next great improvement insearch technology?
15.What is the optimal size of a project team,above which additional members do notcontribute productivity equivalent to thepercentage increase in the staff size?A) 1B) 3C) 5D) 11E) 24
16.Given a ABC, how would you use onlya compass and straight edge to find a point Psuch that s ABP, ACP and BCP haveequal perimeters? (Assume that ABC isconstructed so that a solution does exist.)
17.Consider a function which, for a given wholenumber n, returns the number of ones requiredwhen writing out all numbers between 0 and n.For example, f(13)=6. Notice that f(1)=1. Whatis the next largest n such that f(n)=n?
18.What’s the coolest hack you’ve ever written?
19.’Tis known in refined company, that choosingK things out of N can be done in ways asmany as choosing N minus K from N: I pick K,you the remaining.
Find though a cooler bijection, where you showa knack uncanny, of your choices containall K of mine. Oh, for pedantry: let K be no morethan half N.
20.What number comes next in the sequence:10, 9, 60, 90, 70, 66,?
A)96B) 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000C) Either of the aboveD) None of the above
21.In 29 words or fewer, describe what youwould strive to accomplish if you workedat Google Labs.
