Someone recently forwarded us a link to this article. It features “brainteasers” and analytical interview questions that are commonplace at the world’s leading technology companies like Google and Microsoft. Here at AceTheInterview, we have been featuring these questions for the past 8 years. We started with some insider insight into the Microsoft’s interviewing process, and that led to even more great sources to interviewing at Amazon, Google, and some of the other best high-tech companies out there. Over the years we have developed quite a collection, and the mainstream media is just getting around to covering this!

One of the most common analytical questions that we have had posted for years is “Why are manhole covers round and not square?” This has been a popular question on our site and it has over a dozen posted answers for such a simple question. This just goes to show that these questions can have a lot of different answers. The companies who are hiring are not looking for one correct answer, but rather if the interviewing candidate can make good educated guesses and if they can show their creativity. Complicated mathematical calculations are not needed, so put the pen and pencil away and think outside the box.

Over the next few days we will be showcasing some of the most popular analytical questions from our site. Please let us know what you think!

Question #1: How many golf balls can fit inside a school bus?

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