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Below are the Interview Questions, which were asked in HR Round.....

Be careful while you answering, No one will GET second chance to impress....

Very very Impressive Questions and Answers..... ...

Question 1: You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night,
it's raining heavily, when suddenly you pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for a bus:

An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to,
knowing very well that there could only be one passenger in your car?

This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application.

* You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first;

* or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to ! pay him back.

* However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.

The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no trouble coming up with his answer. Guess what was his answer?

He simply answered:

"I would give the car keys to my Old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital.
I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams."

Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations. Never forget to "Think Outside the Box."

Question 2: What will you do if I run away with your sister?"

The candidate who was selected answered " I will not get a better match for my sister than you sir"

Question 3: Interviewer (to a student girl candidate) - What is one morning you woke up & found that you were pregnant.

Girl - I will be very excited and take an off, to celebrate with my husband.

Normally an unmarried girl will be shocked to hear this, but she managed it well. Why I should think it in the wrong way, she said later when asked

Question 4: Interviewer: He ordered a cup of coffee for the candidate.
Coffee arrived kept before the candidate, then he asked what is before you?

Candidate: Instantly replied "Tea"

He got selected.

You know how and why did he say "TEA" when he knows very well that coffee was kept before.

(Answer: The question was "What is before you (U - alphabet)
Reply was "TEA" ( T - alphabet)

Alphabet "T" was before Alphabet "U"

Question 5: Where Lord Rama would have celebrated his "First Diwali"?
People will start thinking of Ayodya, Mitila [Janaki's place], Lanka etc...

But the logic is, Diwali was a celebrated as a mark of Lord Krishna Killing Narakasura.
In Dusavataar, Krishnavathaar comes after Raamavathaar.

So, Lord Rama would not have celebrated the Diwali At all!

Question 6: The interviewer asked to the candidate "This is your last question of the interview.
Please tell me the exact position of the center of this table where u have kept your files."

Candidate confidently put one of his finger at some point at the table and told that this was the central point at the table.
Interviewer asked how did u get to know that this being the central point of this table,
then he answers quickly that sir u r not likely to ask any more question, as it was the last question that u promised to ask.....

And hence, he was selected as because of his quick-wittedness. ........

This is What Interviewer expects from the Interviewee. ....

"THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX"
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Regards
Srividyaa

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Nahan_sara · Newbie Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 21 Location: New Delhi

Hi

The questions u write are very brillant.and answer too excellent.How do u come to know these questions?
Do u think private companies asks these type of questions?
Please tell more.

Pooja

Kr_iyer · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:21 am Post subject:

Hi Sreevidjya,

You have given a lovely posting I know the questions, but noy the answers.

Let me contibute

Funny equation
Long ago, a clever mathematician used to cheat people. Once he borrowedRs.4000/- from a rich man.After a few days, he borrowed Rs.2000/- from the  same man. Many days passed, the mathematician didnot return the money to the rich man. The rich man  went to the mathematician and asked to return themoney. But to his great surprise, the mathematician  replied that there is no need to pay the debt.

"See here, friend" said the mathematician " the sum  of 4000 and 2000 is equal to zero, so I do not have any balance to pay".

The rich man took the matter to the court. When the  judge came to know this, he was astonished. He asked the mathematician to prove that sum of 4000 and 2000  is zero, and not6000.

The Clever mathematician agreed. He said:

let a = 4000, b = 2000 and c = 6000

a + b = c

Multiply both sides by a + b

(a + b) (a + b) = c (a + b)

a*a + ab + ba + b*b = ca + cb

a*a + ab - ca = cb - b*b - ba

a( a + b -c) = -b(b + a - c)

so a = - b

a + b = 0

Hence by putting the values of "a" and "b" as 4000
and 2000 respectively, their sum is zero, so the
mathematician saw no need to pay any money to the
rich man.

The above calculation has no doubt surprised you as
it did the judge.

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Read this. It is a 100% challenge that u will have a wrong answer to the question asked in the passage.
Once there was loving couple traveling in a bus in a mountainous area. They decided to get down at some place. After the couple got down at some place the bus moved on. As the bus moved on, a huge rock fell on the bus from the mountain and crushed the bus to crumbs. Everybody on board was killed. The couple upon seeing that, said, "We wish we were on that bus" Why do u think they said that?
Of course, it's not a stupid answer -------- purely logical

------------------- Answer!!!! -------------------
If they had remained on the bus instead of deciding to get down, the resulting time delay could have been avoided and the rock would have fallen after the bus had passed...!!! Think positive in life always and look for opportunities when u can help others...... Many times in life, the opposite of Success is not Failure, its Quitting.
Never expect things to happen. Struggle and make them happen.

In nature, there are neither rewards, nor punishments...there are only consequences...

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_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

srividyaa · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject:

Hai Pooja,
The credit goes to the site from where I copied!!!!!!!!
Karthik Sir,
That was a nice story and with the mathematical posting I am glad that I still remember basic maths!!!

Kr_iyer · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject:

Q. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)

Q.If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?
A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 Rank Opted for IFS)

Q.If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
A. Very large hands.(Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)

Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
A. It is not a problem, since you will never find An elephant with one hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)

Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?
A. No Probs , He can sleep at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 9 Cool

Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
A. It will become Wet or Sink. As simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)

Q. What looks like half apple ?
A : The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper )

Q. What can you never eat for breakfast?
A : Dinner.

Q. What happened when wheel was invented ?
A : It caused a revolution.

Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?
A : Liquid (UPSC 33Rank )



Interviewer said "I shall either ask you ten easy questions or one really difficult question. Think well before you make up your mind!"

The boy thought for a while and said, "my choice is one really difficult question."

"Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice! Now tell me this.
"What comes first, Day or Night?"

The boy was jolted into reality as his admission depends on the correctness of his answer, but he thought for a while and said, "It's the DAY sir!"

"How" the interviewer asked,

"Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!"

He was selected for IIM!







"Technical Skill is the mastery of complexity, while Creativity is the master of presence of mind"

This is a famous paper written for an Oxford philosophy exam, normally requiring an eight page essay answer and expected to be backed up with source material, quotes and analytical reasoning.  This guy wrote the answer given below and topped the exam!*

OXFORD EXAMINATION BOARD 1987* *ESSAY QUESTION*

Question: What is courage? (50 Marks)

Answer: This is courage.

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

srividyaa

Even if u answer **five** questions its great...Feel proud...

1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?
2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?
3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?
4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?
5. What is expansion of "ICICI?"
6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?
7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot - India 210/3 with
Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?
8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two different countries?
9. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?
10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?
11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?
12. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?
13. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?
14. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from international
cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?
15. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?
16. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only one country
(other than Vatican )?
17. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?

HERE ARE THE ANSWERS

1. Google is written in Asynchronous java-script and XML, or its acronym Ajax ..
2. Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle
3. ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports
4. Satellite Television Asian Region
5. Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India
6. A baker's dozen consists of 13 items - 1 more than the items in a normal dozen
7. That match was abandoned after people heard the news of Indira Gandhi being killed.
8. Rabindranath Tagore who wrote national anthem for two different countries one is Indian
's National anthem and another one is for Bangladesh- (Amar Sonar* *Bangla)
9. Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: 'god be with you'.
10. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa.
11. South Korea ..
12. Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR , as it was known during the cold war)
13. Geoffrey Boycott
14. John Traicos
15. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln
16. Lesotho surrounded from all sides by South Africa ..
17. Polo.

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Regards
Srividyaa

Kr_iyer · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject:

Bang ur head on the wall if u dont know the answer.

Recently a company had 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 that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water.

The tide rises at 12 inches every 15minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under water?

********

4. There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces south. There is a window in each wall. 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. The shutters are blowing in. There is broken glass on the floor. There is water on the floor. You find Sloppy dead on the floor. Who is 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 I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first?

Same question, but the location is in Canada ?

********

9. What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.

********

10. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in the center field?

********

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

********

The Answers are ....................................

********

1. The word "incorrectly. "

********

2. 1:45. The man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided it between two people. Therefore, he gave a quarter to two.

********

3. None, the boat rises with the tide. Googly ;-)

********

4. White. If all the walls face south, the house is at the North pole, and the bear, therefore, is a polar bear.

********

5. Three. Well, it seems that it could almost be either, but if you follow the mathematical orders of operation, division is performed before addition.

So... half of two is one. Then add two, and the answer is three.

********

6. Sloppy is a (gold)fish. The wind blew the shutters in, which knocked his goldfish-bowl off the table, and it broke, killing him.

********

7. None. No matter how big a hole is, it's still a hole: the absence of dirt.

********

8. Both questions, same answer: the ball in the bucket of 45 degree F water hits the bottom of the bucket last. Did you think that the water in the 30 degree F bucket is frozen? Think again.

The question said nothing about that bucket having anything in it. Therefore, there is no water (or ice) to slow the ball down...

********

9. The time and month/date/year American style calendar are 12:34, 5/6/78.

********

10. One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big stack.

********

11. The temperature.

********

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Kr_iyer · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject:

Intelligence Test
B elow are four ( 4 ) questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately . OK?

Let's find out just how clever you really are....

Ready? GO!!!


First Question:
Y ou are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?









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Answer: If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person, you take his place, so you are second!

Try not to ^^^^^ up next time.

Now answer the second question,but don't take as much time as you took for the first one, OK ?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Second Question:
I f you overtake the last person, then you are...?





Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person?

You're not very good at this, are you?

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Third Question:
V ery tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only .
Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.

Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30 .
Add another 1000 .. Now add 20 .. Now add another 1000
Now add 10 .. What is the total?






Did you get 5000 ?

The correct answer is actually 4100.
If you don't believe it, check it with a calculator!
Today is definitely not your day, is it?
Maybe you'll get the last question right....
...Maybe.
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Fourth Question:

Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Did you Answer Nunu?
NO! Of course it isn't.
Her name is Mary. Read the question again!



Okay, now the bonus round:

A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By
imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully
expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is
done.

Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of
sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?





He just has to open his mouth and ask...
It's really very simple.... Like you!



PASS THIS   ON TO FRUSTRATE THE SMART PEOPLE  IN YOUR LIFE!

Unnimaxx · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject: An Awesome Reply

It was a hot meeting at the office conference hall. All the people from the department had been called. The VP was looking much tensed.

The mood was so bad. One person asked -'Hey, what is this meeting all about?
Somebody told - May be they will decide on when to have the next meeting.

People around smiled at each other. Then the VP started talking. It was about the recent attrition rate that was so high. Around 10 people had put in their papers. All experienced guys. It was quarter end and so work was huge. If we do not complete the work on time, we need to be paying heavy penalty said the VP.

The VP turned to the manager and told 'Hey - take how much ever resources you want. Recruit or take them from other departments. But complete the work in another 25 days. Take people and complete it man.'

To this the sweet manager replied 'Sir! Give me one wife and nine months and I shall show you results. Don't give me nine wives and one month. I cannot do anything.'

Everyone looked at him blank. The VP was not prepared for this answer.

All looked at the manager and thought 'What an Awesome Reply man!'

Unnimaxx · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject:

.
Once there was loving couple travelling in a bus in a
mountainous area. They decided to get down at some
place. After the couple got down at some place the bus
moved on. As the bus moved on, a huge rock fell on the
bus from the mountain and crushed the bus to crumbs.
Everybody on board was killed.

The couple upon seeing that, said, 'We wish we were on
that bus' Why do u think they said that?

.

.

.

.

.

Because

If they had remained on the bus instead of deciding to
get down, the resulting time delay could have been
avoided and the rock would have fallen after the bus
had passed ..!!!

Think positive in life always and look for
opportunities when u can help Others.
.

Unnimaxx · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject: Kids in school think quick

TEACHER    :    Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA         :    Here it is!
TEACHER    :    Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS          :    Maria!

TEACHER     :    Why are you late, Frank?
FRANK          :    Because of the sign.
TEACHER     :    What sign?
FRANK          :    The one that says, "School Ahead, Go Slow."

TEACHER:   John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN       :   You told me to do it without using tables!

TEACHER    :   Glenn, how do you spell "crocodile?"
GLENN         :    K-R-O-K-O-D-A-I-L"
TEACHER    :    No, that's wrong
GLENN         :    Maybe it s wrong, but you asked me how I spell it!

TEACHER    :    Donald, is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD      :    H I J K L M N O!!
TEACHER    :    What are you talking about?
DONALD      :    Yesterday you said it's H to O!

TEACHER      : Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we
Didn't  have ten years ago.
WINNIE        :    Me!

TEACHER    :    Goss, why do you always get so dirty?
GOSS          :    Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.

TEACHER    :    Millie, give me a sentence starting with "I."
MILLIE    :    I is...
TEACHER    :    No, Millie..... Always say, "I am."
MILLIE     :    All right... "I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."

:    Can anybody give an example of COINCIDENCE?
TINO: Sir, my Mother and Father got married on the same day, same time."

TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry
Tree, but also admitted doing it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father
            Didn't punish  him?"
LOUIS    : Because George still had the ax in his hand.

TEACHER      :  Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON          :    No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.

TEACHER      :   Clyde , your composition on "My Dog" is exactly the same as
Your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE           :    No, teacher, it's the same dog!;

TEACHER : Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD   :     A teacher

Unnimaxx · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:02 pm Post subject:

1) A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years.

Which room is safest for him?

2) A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for Over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be?

3) What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

4) Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

5) This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out.

DON'T PEEP...

*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*

ANSWERS:

1) The third.. Lions that haven't eaten in three y! ears are dead.

2) The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it and hung it up to dry.

3) Charcoal

4) Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!

5) The letter "e," which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the long paragraph

Kr_iyer · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:27 pm Post subject:

Below are the Interview Questions, which were asked in HR Round......
No one will GET second chance to impress....
Very very Impressive Questions and Answers..... ...

Question 1:

You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night,
it's raining heavily, when suddenly you pass by a bus stop, and you see
three people waiting for a bus:

An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that
there could only be one passenger in your car?

This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a
job application.

* You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus
you should save her first;
* or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and
this would be the perfect chance to ! pay him back.
* However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.

The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no trouble
coming up with his answer. Guess what was his answer?

He simply answered:

"I would give the car keys to my Old friend and let him take the lady to
the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner
of my dreams."

Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought
limitations. Never forget to "Think Outside of the Box."

Question 2:

What will you do if I run away with your sister?"

The candidate who was selected answered " I will not get a better match
for my sister than you sir"

Question 3:
Interviewer (to a student girl candidate) - What is one
morning you woke up & found that you were pregnant.

Girl - I will be very excited and take an off, to celebrate with my
husband.

Normally an unmarried girl will be shocked to hear this, but she managed
it well. Why I should think it in the wrong way, she said later when
asked

Question 4:

Interviewer: He ordered a cup of coffee for the candidate.
Coffee arrived kept before the candidate, then he asked what is before
you?

Candidate: Instantly replied "Tea"

He got selected.

You know how and why did he say "TEA" when he knows very well that
coffee was kept before.

(Answer: The question was "What is before you (U - alphabet)
Reply was "TEA" ( T - alphabet)

Alphabet "T" was before Alphabet "U"

Question 5

The interviewer asked to the candidate "This is your last
question of the interview. Please tell me the exact position of the
center of this table where u have kept your files."

Candidate confidently put one of his finger at some point at the table
and told that this was the central point at the table. Interviewer asked
how did u get to know that this being the central point of this table,
then he answers quickly that sir u r not likely to ask any more
question, as it was the last question that u promised to ask.....

And hence, he was selected as because of his quick-wittedness. ......

This is What Interviewer expects from the Interviewee.. ...

"THINK OUT OF THE BOX"

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE