Wires Crossed #21 – January 14

Curly Questions from Google/Facebook/Apple

Curly Questions from Google/Facebook/Apple
So you want to work for such uber cool tech companies like Google, Apple or Facebook, but aren’t sure whether you are up to scratch? Neither are we after spotting a little research done by American job website Glassdoor.com. Want to know some of the questions you might be asked at an interview for one of these companies? If so, be afraid of what you ask for. You want a job at Facebook as a software engineer? Be prepared to answer the following: “Given the numbers 1 to 1000, what is the minimum numbers guesses needed to find a specific number if you are given the hint "higher" or "lower" for each guess you make?”  And Google? If you want a People Analyst position they will show you a picture of a room and ask: “How many basketball[s] can you fit in this room?” It doesn’t get any easier if you work for Apple, either: “There are three boxes, one contains only apples, one contains only oranges, and one contains both apples and oranges. The boxes have been incorrectly labeled such that no label identifies the actual contents of the box it labels. Opening just one box, and without looking in the box, you take out one piece of fruit. By looking at the fruit, how can you immediately label all of the boxes correctly?” Good luck with your job search.

Incredible HTC Saves Man From Gunshot
Talk about a sure-fire way to get brand loyalty. Club valet John Garber from Atlanta, US, is counting his lucky stars that smartphone vendor HTC doesn’t shirk on the quality of batteries. The solid piece of hardware possibly saved his life when two patrons of a club where he valets, Halo, took umbrage at being kicked out. They returned armed with a couple of pistols and started shooting up the place. One of the bullets found a target in Garber’s chest, right near his heart. However, Garber had just put his HTC Droid Incredible in his jacket pocket, and the handset bore the brunt on the projectile. The handset is history, but Garber lives to valet another day.

This One Will Have You In Stitches
This must go under the heading of “did we really need to know that?” Former wrestling actor Hulk Hogan has used social media to inform the rest of us about his progress in surgery. I’m sureh is fans are very grateful for the updates on his health. However, did her really need to show us the pics, too? The Hulkster recently had back surgery (no doubt brought about by many Full Nelson’s, head drops or high spot moves gone wrong), and decided to tweet his fans the stitches in all their gory detail. Gee, thanks Hulk – just what I needed to see while presiding over my morning bacon and eggs.

Arm A Gettin’ It?
Ok, we’re stretching the link to technology here, but the story is so bizarre, we just had to mention it. Not too sure how newspaper’s situations vacant columns are going these days, but everybody knows that the net is the way to advertise situations vacent, including  MySpace. As a Def Leppard tribute band recently did. Seems Texas-based Pyromania (named after the band’s breakthrough third studio album) wanted a new drummer for their act. Nothing wrong with that – every band needs a good timer on the skins. However, those with any knowledge of Def Leppard will know that their drummer, Rick Allen, lost his left arm in a car accident back in 1984. So guess what one of the main requirements Pyromania wants for their new drummer according to their MySpace ad? That’s right, he must be one armed, too – and no prosthetics either thankyouverymuch!