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Madcosby posted:Put the balls in your mouth Even Pam could only get four pool balls in her mouth.
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:GBS used to be smart enough for threads with puzzles like this but I dunno if we're at that level any more. If we assume that the other guy also wants to maximize his pepperoni, then I don't think there's a technique to guarantee that you get more in general. There's an arrangement where you're forced into an equal number of pepperonis, where there are just 2 "extra" slices next to each other. On the other hand, for a given arrangement there may be a guaranteed strategy, for instance with 1 extra pepperoni slice the strategy is to just take it first.
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Jul 17, 2015 23:48
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shove them all up ur rear end, jump around a bit and the jumping will make the heaviest drop to the bottom and then just poo poo it out the interviewer will love it
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Jul 17, 2015 23:50
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The real answer is you take multiple, non-adjacent slices at once in a blatant pepperoni power play.
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Jul 17, 2015 23:50
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PERPETUAL IDIOT posted:If we assume that the other guy also wants to maximize his pepperoni, then I don't think there's a technique to guarantee that you get more in general. There's an arrangement where you're forced into an equal number of pepperonis, where there are just 2 "extra" slices next to each other. On the other hand, for a given arrangement there may be a guaranteed strategy, for instance with 1 extra pepperoni slice the strategy is to just take it first. Incorrect - I can guarantee that I can get greater than or equal to the number of pepperonis for an arbitrary arrangement. Yes, the other goon (it might be a girl!!!) is maximizing pepperonis. (The pizza has 8 slices, as I clarified in a later post, if that helps.) I don't know what you mean by the "2 extra slices". PS: wanna share a pizza 
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Jul 17, 2015 23:53
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:Incorrect - I can guarantee that I can get greater than or equal to the number of pepperonis for an arbitrary arrangement. Yes, the other goon (it might be a girl!!!) is maximizing pepperonis. (The pizza has 8 slices, as I clarified in a later post, if that helps.) I don't know what you mean by the "2 extra slices". I mean, consider the arrangement where there are exactly two slices with extra pepperoni right next to each other. As soon as someone takes the first one, the second one is open to being taken by the other person. If both people are maximizing the pepperoni it can't work any other way. edit: Just saw that you are saying more or equal. Then it can probably work.
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Jul 17, 2015 23:58
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PERPETUAL IDIOT posted:I mean, consider the arrangement where there are exactly two slices with extra pepperoni right next to each other. As soon as someone takes the first one, the second one is open to being taken by the other person. If both people are maximizing the pepperoni it can't work any other way. Yeah - or equal is pretty key. The case where the slices are all the same would be equal of course, though I guess it was misleading since I explicitly excluded that. Find the strategy. I can fully characterize the set of configurations where my solution only gets you equal once someone gets the answer.
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Jul 18, 2015 00:06
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The pepperoni strat is to number every slice from 1-8 and count the total number of pepperoni on the evens and odds, then from the parity with the most total pepperoni pick the one slice with the most pepperoni on it so the other guy gets a worse deal
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Beef Turret posted:The pepperoni strat is to number every slice from 1-8 and count the total number of pepperoni on the evens and odds, then from the parity with the most total pepperoni pick the one slice with the most pepperoni on it so the other guy gets a worse deal welcome to jeffcorp
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Jul 18, 2015 00:10
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I interviewed at a relatively well known consumer audio company for an IT position once and a MIT Phd and his assistant interviewed me to start. The phd guy gave me a logic problem and i solved it in like 5 minutes. The assistant was staring at me wide eyed and the phd guy said "oh he took a few days to solve it, good job". They wanted to hire me on the spot apparently, but the next guy, the IT manager said i didnt know enough about IT which was true, i totally botched a subnet question. Good
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Jul 18, 2015 03:42
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Tautologicus posted:I interviewed at a relatively well known consumer audio company for an IT position once and a MIT Phd and his assistant interviewed me to start. The phd guy gave me a logic problem and i solved it in like 5 minutes. The assistant was staring at me wide eyed and the phd guy said "oh he took a few days to solve it, good job". They wanted to hire me on the spot apparently, but the next guy, the IT manager said i didnt know enough about IT which was true, i totally botched a subnet question. Good Wow, we got a smart cookie posting in GBS. Check out this guy over here - basically, he easily answered a really tough interview question that impressed an MIT grad, but he didn't bother to bone up on his IT stuff and didn't get an offer. Hey, it's no big deal for him though, turns out it was all for the best.
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Jul 18, 2015 03:47
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Weigh the balls and the moment you find a heavier one that's your mark (2-8 steps) or break them in half, whichever four weigh mor break in half again, then narrow to two etc.
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Jul 18, 2015 03:50
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This is like some standard bullshit question for Google interns. Goldman Sachs would have candidates describe how to best monetize poor people's organs and how to define values for CDOs based on liver tranches. The actual answer isn't important; its just to see if they get squeamish when they include infant organs are included in the tranches.
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Jul 18, 2015 03:53
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Moridin920 posted:yea edit: it was already answered sorry vote for Bernie Sanders :bernget:
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:Tell an intern to handle it, I have important work to do.
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Jul 18, 2015 03:58
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Beef Turret posted:Someone figure out the friggin pepperoni strat!! you cut the pizza so the slice is 2/3 of the pizza and take that.
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Jul 18, 2015 04:01
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the plane still takes off
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DoctorTristan posted:Actual interview question: This is the real important question here.
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Jul 18, 2015 04:51
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I suck at math and still make mid 6 in IT
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Jul 18, 2015 04:52
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I like dumbass companies who use gimmick questions instead of coming up with a practical interview.c
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Darth123123 posted:I suck at math and still make mid 6 in IT $6.50 an hour. WOW! 
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Jul 18, 2015 05:13
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DoctorTristan posted:Actual interview question: it's supposed to be one guy and three women but you made it impossible with your fantasy foursome
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Tautologicus posted:I interviewed at a relatively well known consumer audio company for an IT position once and a MIT Phd and his assistant interviewed me to start. The phd guy gave me a logic problem and i solved it in like 5 minutes. The assistant was staring at me wide eyed and the phd guy said "oh he took a few days to solve it, good job". They wanted to hire me on the spot apparently, but the next guy, the IT manager said i didnt know enough about IT which was true, i totally botched a subnet question. Good this, but i also answered the IT (data) question. also the interviewer was a hot chick and i turned down the job offer at first, accepted it 2 weeks later and still got in  
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PERPETUAL IDIOT posted:Wow, we got a smart cookie posting in GBS. Check out this guy over here - basically, he easily answered a really tough interview question that impressed an MIT grad, but he didn't bother to bone up on his IT stuff and didn't get an offer. Hey, it's no big deal for him though, turns out it was all for the best. Yea this
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The question is poorly defined. You have a "set" of scales? How many scales is a set? What type of scale? I notice some people on the first page are assuming it's a balance, but why would you call that a "set" of scales? Are we looking for the least amount of steps on average, in the worst case, or in the best case? This is pretty relevant. Does each weighing count as a step? If you have 8 scales you can figure it in one step by weighing each ball on a scale. If it is a balance then 3-3-2 split is the most efficient with two weighing operations max. But if it's not a balance then there are other solutions unless each weighing of a group counts as an action then 3-3-2 is still superior at 4 operations but it gets complicated here because knowing ball weight and knowing whether they want minimum, maximum, or average results can change the approach slightly. I mean if you make the balance assumption why not assume you can design a specialized scale just for this case where you put 8 balls on separate limbs and get it in 1 operation. Do we know the expected weight of individual balls ahead of time? This might not be relevant, but it could also help depending on scale type and rules for what counts as a step. Khorne fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Jul 18, 2015 |
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Jul 18, 2015 06:08
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:it's supposed to be one guy and three women but you made it impossible with your fantasy foursome I looked up this answer and since when is it okay to reuse condoms? Let alone turn them inside out. Plus if you turn it inside out wouldn't you have the pussy juices of one of the women all over your cock anyway?
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Dicky Longcocking posted:I looked up this answer and since when is it okay to reuse condoms? Let alone turn them inside out. Plus if you turn it inside out wouldn't you have the pussy juices of one of the women all over your cock anyway? It's not, there's no point reasoning about weird puzzle logic. Turning it inside out is the insight the puzzle wanted you to have whether it makes sense or not. Khorne posted:The question is poorly defined. Making concrete assumptions about vague problems is a reasoning skill to test candidates for. Jeffrey of YOSPOS fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Jul 18, 2015 |
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I will pick a ball at random and declare it the heaviest ball. If anyone disagrees with me, I will strongly suggestion that HR do a performance review on them. I will tout the ball as the heaviest of the balls and share this information with others in news interviews. If anyone publicly disagrees with me, I will use this as an opportunity to gain more exposure, increasing the level of conflict. Eventually I will sell consulting and videos telling people how to pick the heaviest ball using such principles as "speak loudly and clearly" and "lean forward". After making significant amounts of money from this process, I will drop the ball and blame it on Obama.
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Split the balls into two equal halves of 4 and 4 and then discard the lighter side. Split into two equal halves of 2 and 2 then discard. Next find the heavy ball. 3 steps Give me millions of dollars to move numbers around on a computer
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Jul 18, 2015 07:16
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Doctor Reynolds posted:step 1: weigh all the balls 
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rakovsky maybe posted:You have eight balls and a set of scales. Seven of the balls weigh identically, the eighth is heavier. Using the fewest steps possible, how do you find the heavy ball? easy bribe or threaten the underwriter to give a random ball AAA rating,
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Jul 18, 2015 07:22
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If you cut the pizza so the slices are alternating giant and tiny, then take a giant slice your opponent can only grab a tiny slice, and that tiny slice will open up a giant slice for you to take, leaving two tiny slices again. Maximizing the amount of pizza you get, you get the most pepperoni.
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Jul 18, 2015 07:58
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here is my sweet diagram
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If the slices don't have to cut through the middle you could do this, too.
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What if your opponent just grabs one of the other giant slices fuckhead
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Tautologicus posted:What if your opponent just grabs one of the other giant slices fuckhead You can only grab adjacent open slices. Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:GBS used to be smart enough for threads with puzzles like this but I dunno if we're at that level any more. Potsticker fucked around with this message at 08:09 on Jul 18, 2015 |
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Jul 18, 2015 08:07
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Potsticker posted:You can only grab adjacent open slices. Says who, the pizza police?
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Tautologicus posted:Says who, the pizza police? says the guy who posed the riddle question thing
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Potsticker posted:says the guy who posed the riddle question thing His riddle was flawed. Much like his posting. Anyway it didnt specify whether you could cut it or not. Maybe it comes pre-cut. Admittedly i didnt actually read the riddle until now
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:GBS used to be smart enough for threads with puzzles like this but I dunno if we're at that level any more. Do you shift goals at your company as often as you have amended this puzzle so you never have to give anyone a raise ever for good performance?
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