INTERVIEW RIDDLES

You're driving down the road in your car on a wild and stormy night. The weather is like a hurricane, with heavy rains, high winds, and lightning flashing constantly. While driving, you come across a partially-covered bus stop, and you can see three people waiting for a bus:

1. An old woman who looks as if she is about to die.

2. An old friend who once saved your life.

3.The perfect partner you have been dreaming about (your soulmate).

Knowing that you only have room for one passenger in your car (its a really small car), which one would you choose to offer a ride to? And why?

You are in solitary confinement. It is Friday afternoon and you absolutely must have a cigarette. The only person who can give you one is the guard outside your cell. What do you do?

Calculate the number of degrees between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock (nondigital) that reads 3:15.

How many cubes are at the center of a Rubiks Cube?

You wake up one morning and theres been a power outage. You know you have 12 black socks and 8 blue ones. How many socks do you need to pull out before youve got a match?

You are sitting in front of your interviewer. He gives you three envelopes. One of them contains an offer letter and the other two are empty. You pick up one of them. Now, the interviewer opens up one of the envelope lying on the table and you find out that it is blank.

Now, he gives you a chance to switch your envelope with the one on the table. Would you switch it? Why or why not?

You are hanging around in NYC when a person approaches you.

"Leaving the bald people aside, I can bet a hundred bucks that there are two people living in NYC who have same number of hairs on their heads," he says to you.

You say that you will take the bet. After talking to the man for a couple of minutes, you realize that you have lost the bet.

What did the person say to you that proved his statement ?

I engaged in a strange activity. My birthday was approaching and I decided to collect money for my birthday bash. On the first day of the month, I kept a dollar in my piggy bank, on the second, I kept two dollars and on the third, I kept three and so on.

On my birthday, I had a total of 276 dollars in my piggy bank. Can you find out on which day of the month was my birthday?

There are ten boxes containing some balls. Each of the ball weighs exactly 10 grams. One of those boxes have defective balls (all the defective balls weigh 9 grams each).

An electronic weighing machine is provided to you and you are allowed only one chance of weighing on it.

How will you find out which box has defective balls ?

There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?

Thirty friends were on a hiking trip when they decided to enjoy the bonfire. They assembled for it and agreed to play a game. For that, they divided themselves in five teams with seven members each, forming five rows.

How did they manage to achieve this formation ?

You have two bottles of pills marked with the label A and B. The pills are identical. The doctor has asked you to take one A pill and one B pill daily. You cant take more or less than that.

While taking out the pills one day, you took out one pill from A and by mistake took out two from B. You have no idea which pill is which now.

You cant throw away the expensive pills. What will you do now?

How will you measure 15 minutes using two hourglasses of 7 minutes and 11 minutes respectively?

You have 21 jars with you. Out of them, 7 are filled with water, 7 are half-full with water and 7 are empty. How will you distribute the jars among three people such that each one of them gets the equal number of jars and equal amount of water?

A special integer exists in mathematics that shows a special property. If you subtract any number from that integer, the result will always be divisible by the successor of that number completely.

Do you know what that integer is ?

Can you come up with a cool, funny or clever Interview Riddles of your own? Post it below (without the answer) to see if you can stump our users.

1. What did the job candidate say when asked if he could handle pressure? "I can handle it like a seasoned grape, I'll just keep on crushing it."



2. Why did the interviewer ask the job candidate to describe himself in 3 words? "Because a picture is worth a thousand nouns."



3. What did the job candidate say when asked about his greatest weakness? "My biggest weakness? I'm a compulsive hugger. I just can't resist wrapping my arms around people."



4. Why did the job candidate bring a ladder to the interview? "To reach new heights in the company."



5. What did the job candidate say when asked about his long-term career goals? "To rule the world! I mean, to be a successful leader in my field."



6. Why did the job candidate wear a paper hat to the interview? "To show that he was willing to start at the bottom and work his way up."



7. What did the job candidate say when asked why he was interested in the position? "I'm like a puzzle piece, and your company is the missing piece that completes me."



8. Why did the job candidate bring a deck of cards to the interview? "To show that he was willing to play his cards right and take calculated risks."



9. What did the job candidate say when asked about his strengths and weaknesses? "I'm like a sandwich, with my strengths as the bread and my weaknesses as the fillings that make me a well-rounded candidate."



10. Why did the job candidate bring a plant to the interview? "To show that he was willing to grow and cultivate his skills in the company."