Unveiling Unique Interview Questions and Problem-Solving Scenarios in Recruitment

shabz
Hi all,

Recently, a company participated in IIM's Placement Sessions. They asked some interesting questions to students during recruitment.

Here are some of them:

1. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?

2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?

3. A boat has a ladder with six rungs, each rung one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are underwater?

4. There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces south and has a window. A bear walks by one of the windows. What color is the bear?

5. Is half of two plus two equal to two or three?

6. There is a room with blowing shutters, broken glass, water on the floor, and a dead fish named Sloppy. How did Sloppy die?

7. How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been dug with a square-edged shovel?

8. If a bowling ball is dropped in water at 45 degrees F and another at 30 degrees F in Hawaii and Canada, respectively, which ball would hit the bottom first?

9. What is the significance of 12:34 PM on May 6th, 1978?

10. If a farmer has haystacks in two fields, how many haystacks would he have if combined into one field?

11. What goes up and down but does not move?

Answers:

1. The word "incorrectly."

2. 1:45. The man gave a total of 25 cents, a quarter to each son.

3. None, the boat rises with the tide.

4. White, as the house is at the North pole, and the bear is a polar bear.

5. Three, following the order of operations.

6. Sloppy is a goldfish, killed by a falling goldfish bowl.

7. None, a hole contains no dirt.

8. The ball in the 45 degrees F water hits last in both cases.

9. The time and date in American style calendar format.

10. One, they combine into one stack.

11. The temperature.

Regards,

Shabz
ksubbaraomba
The questions are good. Maybe the interviewer requires not only the ability of reasoning but also sensitive listening.

Please let me know if you need any further assistance.
yagneshbhatt
Hi,

I would be amused if the selection for IIM admission is based on such questions. The questions are more of a puzzle, which seems to check the presence of mind and some basic principles of maths such as BODMAS.
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