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    deciBels: That's a tough interview question?! Ha! I was asked this one while applying for an electrical engineer position: The riddle was, "you have 9 coins of... more »
    ytkliu: I'm going to be honest and say that as a junior at an undergrad business school studying marketing and working on startups, those questions were about... more »
    diesel828: I translated that whole article as "My inability to perform basic math functions and think logically wasn't good enough for Google, but it's good enou... more »
    ThisCharmingMan: I actually think I would do quite well with the more off-beat questions they asked. Although, Those kinds of questions simply cause me to ask more que... more »
    ottermann killed Kenny: I had an interview one time for an inter-company transfer when I was working for a large insurance company. Most of the questions were boilerplate, bu... more »
    Thangka: I wonder what they're looking for. First question about the golf balls, for example: My initial thought is, duh, one golf ball could easily fit in a s... more »
    MrBlahBlah: It's called the "case method" of interviewing, and it sucks. Interviews for consulting firms like Bain & McKinsey use this method....you have to prac... more »
    OldSchoolGadgetLover: Some of the questions are pretty clever. Like: "How many times a day does a clock’s hands overlap?" You really have to ask the clarifying question... more »
    AlphaPepper: Asking a marketing person a math question is like asking a developer a marketing question. #googleinterviews more »
    CompyPaq: My father went pretty far through the interview process with them before being turned down because he "didn't fit in with the culture" On one occasio... more »
    nutbastard: meh. they aren't all that interested in your answers, only at how you arrived at them. except the math stuff, which was pretty basic, even if she was ... more »
    Calzo: My friend just interviewed with them yesterday with a tape recorder in her purse. I'll post a link as soon as I get my hands on it. #googleinterviews more »
    Hello Mister Walrus: "I want you to estimate," Oliver began, "how much money you think Google makes daily from Gmail ads." "Maybe…$70,000?" Something tells me that it... more »
    Go Like Hell Machine: Having been on the support and production side of the product food chain for years, I'm totally heartened to see potential marketing candidates have t... more »
    ChibaCityCowboy: Years ago I saw some footage taken from a reporter's camera who had wound up recording his own death. I don't think he was using a rifle stock mounted... more »
  • #google

    Google's Notoriously Tough Interviews Are Tough For Marketing Positions Too

    Having known lots of computer science people who interviewed at Google, we know exactly what kind of questions they're likely to ask potential applicants. Crazy ones. But we didn't know they would ask these questions for marketing positions too. More »
  • #stories

    US Soldier Explains Why He Uses a Rifle Stock to Shoot Photographs

    When we recently posted a Vietnam-era Bolex camera with a rifle stock attached, we thought the concept was a little nuts. Then Army Reserve Staff Sgt. and wartime photographer Jeffrey Duran set us straight. More »
  • #books

    LeapFrog Tag Junior: You Know, A Frog Who Teaches Your Toddler How To Read

    Tag Junior book pal, LeapFrog's newest Tag reading system, is now kid-friendlier with its chunky, ubercute, small-hands-friendly design, so you can start neglecting your children even earlier. More »
  • #stories

    The Most Convincing Logic of CES 2009

    "Why take out your $1,000 Sony camera when you can use ours?" This would have made sense if this salesman wasn't hocking a no-name $200 camera.
  • #ces2009

    The CIA Shows Up to CES

    While I was waiting to watch Panasonic's 3DHD demonstration earlier this week, I overheard what was surely the strangest conversation I'd ever eavesdropped at CES. More »
  • #stories

    Martin Cooper, Cellphone Inventor, Seen In Front of Vertu Store

    Late last night we passed by Martin Cooper, inventor of the mobile phone, in front of the Vertu store at the Wynn. Yes, that Vertu, the makers of the $310,000 cellphone. More »
  • #stories

    My Kindergarten Niece Tells Me About Her Mom's 'New Phone'

    "My mom got a new phone," my niece tells me out of the blue.
    "Neat, what kind of phone?"
    "A button phone," she replies.
    "A button phone?"
  • #gps

    Mr. GPS' Wild Ride