Another Google Recruiting Technique 430
An anonymous reader writes "The new edition of Linux Journal has a special insert: The GLAT (Google Labs Aptitude Test) is a Google recruiting quiz presented as a spoof of standardised aptitude tests. It is filled with math and Google-related trivia."
High quality blogger. (Score:5, Funny)
Nice modesty there Michael!
Admit it (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Admit it (Score:5, Funny)
Re:GLAT - sample questions (Score:5, Funny)
F: Wonder why you have a PhD and you're still sharing a cubicle like a code monkey.
What makes a good Google employee.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Admit it (Score:5, Funny)
Re:GLAT - sample questions (Score:5, Funny)
orwellian (Score:5, Funny)
Re:GLAT - sample questions (Score:5, Funny)
Profit
Don't Worry (Score:5, Funny)
Q: What is the supreme search engine on the planet?
a.) google.com
b.) aol keyword google
Q: What is 8^7 x 32^2 / $ -2352.8a + x + y + $
a.) google = moneyopoly
b.) google = infinite $$
Q: Did you go to standford?
a.) yes
b.) pick this and fail
I DO! (Score:4, Funny)
What do I win?
but what if I work in sales? (Score:2, Funny)
Google is evil. (Score:5, Funny)
-- Greg
Google question (Score:3, Funny)
"Orkut" is:
A. Turkish for slow
B. Turkish for painfully slow
C. Turkish for unusable
C. Turkish for "written in painfully slow and unusable ASP.NET"
Re:GLAT - sample questions (Score:2, Funny)
Or even off /. (Score:5, Funny)
Me: Honey, come to bed.
Him: Just one more SCO article to read through, I promise!
Me:
Re:It's in the Mensa Bulletin too. (Score:3, Funny)
Roar.
Re:Google is evil. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:GLAT - sample questions (Score:5, Funny)
Ice Cream in Summer
Football in fall and winter
Porn for all seasons
Re:GLAT - sample questions (Score:3, Funny)
A. Their penis.
Re:GLAT - sample questions (Score:5, Funny)
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Schedule a meeting about process improvement and try to horseshit my way into a middle management position so I can wedge my fat ass into a molded chair and order from the salad bar.
Which of the following expresses Google's over-arching philosophy?
Make people jump through hoops to get a temp job.
How many different ways can you color an icosahedron with one of three colors on each face?
This has anything at all to do with being qualified for a job?
What colors would you choose?
Gray, to match the cubicle.
On an infinite, two-dimensional, rectangular lattice of 1-ohm resistors, what is the resistance between two nodes that are a knight's move away?
Lab rat.
It's 2pm on a sunny Sunday afternoon in the Bay Area. You're minutes from the Pacific Ocean, redwood forest hiking trails and world class cultural attractions. What do you do?
Go back to the want ads so I can find a job where I don't have to be tormented by obscure questions before the food runs out.
In your opinion, what is the most beautiful math equation ever derived?
Paycheck - expenses = savings
What will be the next great improvement in search technology?
Finding a job.
What is the optimal size of a project team, above which additional members do not contribute productivity equivalent to the percentage increase in the staff size? A) 1 B) 3 C) 5 D) 11 E) 24
According to middle management, whatever increases the budget.
In 29 words or fewer, describe what you would strive to accomplish if you worked at Google Labs.
Nothing, because the moment anyone "strives" for anything other than the donut list in the modern workplace, they get fired.
Glad to see companies are slowly making the process of building a career a game show.
Re:Admit it (Score:4, Funny)
If you need to feel superior to your fellow man, just turn on the TV for a bit. I'd recommend 10 minutes of "ElimiDate".
Re:Or even off /. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:GLAT - sample questions (Score:5, Funny)
Do they still require resumes in WORD format? (Score:1, Funny)