Going for a job interview is nerve-racking at the best of times, but tech giant Google has become notorious for asking fiendishly tough questions.
即使是面試的最佳時(shí)期，參加面試也是夠讓人費(fèi)神的，而技術(shù)巨頭Google早就因變態(tài)的面試問(wèn)題而異常出名。

The company used to ask head-scratching questions such as 'How many piano tuners are there in the world?' and 'How many golf balls does it take to fill a school bus?'
它曾提出過(guò)這樣令人撓頭的問(wèn)題“世界上有多少位鋼琴調(diào)音師？”以及“要使用多少個(gè)高爾夫球才能填滿一輛校巴？”

But some of the riddles were so tough they have now been banned from the interview process.
不過(guò)有的問(wèn)題實(shí)在太難了，如今已經(jīng)從面試的提問(wèn)列表中剔除出去了。

One of the tough teasers that candidates used to be asked was: 'How many piano tuners are there in the entire world?'
曾經(jīng)一個(gè)求職者被問(wèn)到的難題是：“在全世界范圍內(nèi)有多少位鋼琴調(diào)音師？”

The riddle is known as a Fermi problem, named after the physicist Enrico Fermi who was known for his ability to make good calculations with very little information or even none.
這個(gè)問(wèn)題被譽(yù)為費(fèi)米難題，以物理學(xué)家恩里科·費(fèi)米的名字命名，他因憑借極少信息量甚至無(wú)信息量做出精確估量計(jì)算的能力而聞名。

Its purpose is to test a candidates approximation skills as well as their ability at dimensional analysis.
這個(gè)問(wèn)題的目的在于測(cè)試求職者的近似值估算能力以及他們的空間分析能力。

The puzzle is solved by multiplying a series of estimates to get to the right answer. So a candidate would have to estimate factors such as how many households have a piano, how often they are tuned to figure out how many piano tunings take place a year.
解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題的方法就得綜合一系列的估算才能得出正確答案。因此求職者可能需要估算不同的因素，比如有多少家庭家里有鋼琴，他們給鋼琴調(diào)音的頻率，以此得出一年的鋼琴調(diào)音次數(shù)。

They then need to calculate the average working hours of a piano tuners and the number of jobs they carry out.
然后他們還得計(jì)算每位鋼琴調(diào)音師的平均工作時(shí)間以及他們所完成的工作數(shù)量。

The number of piano tunings that take place per year divided by the number per year per piano tuner should yield the answer.
每年給鋼琴調(diào)音的次數(shù)除以每年每位鋼琴調(diào)音師就能得出最終答案。

Google candidates going for a role as product manager also used to be asked: 'How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?
應(yīng)聘Google產(chǎn)品經(jīng)理的求職者也曾被問(wèn)過(guò)這樣的問(wèn)題：“要使用多少個(gè)高爾夫球才能填滿一輛校巴？”

To solve it one must calculate the volume of the average golf ball and the volume of the average school bus, taking into account factors like the seats and other fixtures taking up space.
要解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題，必須計(jì)算出高爾夫球的平均體積，以及校巴的平均體積，還要把座位以及其他固定裝置計(jì)算在內(nèi)。

The answer is the volume of the bus, divided by the volume of the balls.
答案就是，用校巴的體積除以高爾夫球的體積。

As well as questions involving calculation and physics, Google used to ask would-be employees to solve logic puzzles.
除了提到關(guān)于估量計(jì)算與物理學(xué)的問(wèn)題，Google曾經(jīng)讓候選員工解決邏輯謎題。

One of the riddles was: 'Every man in a village of 100 married couples has cheated on his wife.
其中有一個(gè)這樣的題目：“村子里100對(duì)結(jié)過(guò)婚的丈夫都對(duì)妻子不忠實(shí)?！?/div>

'Every wife in the village instantly knows when a man other than her husband has cheated but does not know when her own husband has.
“村子里的每位妻子都能立即知道別人的丈夫有不忠誠(chéng)的行為，但當(dāng)自己丈夫不忠誠(chéng)時(shí)卻渾然不知?！?/div>

'The village has a law that does not allow for adultery. Any wife who can prove that her husband is unfaithful must kill him that very day. “
”村子里有規(guī)定，不允許任何通奸行為。任何一位能證明自己丈夫不忠的妻子必須當(dāng)天就把他殺了?！?/div>

'The women of the village would never disobey this law. One day, the queen of the village visits and announces that at least one husband has been unfaithful. What happens?'
“村子里的女人絕不敢違法規(guī)定。有一天，村里的女頭領(lǐng)出來(lái)視察環(huán)境并宣布：村子里至少有一個(gè)丈夫出過(guò)軌。然后會(huì)發(fā)生什么事？”

Although opinion varies as to the correct answer, a popular solution is to assume that all the cheating husbands will be executed 100 days after the queen's announcement.
雖然大家的答案都與正確答案并不相似，不過(guò)有一個(gè)支持率挺高的方法：假設(shè)所有不忠誠(chéng)的丈夫們都會(huì)在女頭領(lǐng)宣布命令后的100天后被處決。

Every wife in the village instantly knows when a man other than her husband has cheated, so if there's only one unfaithful man she will know it's her husband and will kill him that day.
村子里的妻子立即就會(huì)知道別人的丈夫有不忠誠(chéng)的行為，因此若不忠誠(chéng)的丈夫只有一人，她就會(huì)很快知道是自己的丈夫，并且在那一天把他殺了。

Bearing in mind that the queen has said that at least one man has cheated, there could be more than a single adulterer.
把女頭領(lǐng)說(shuō)過(guò)至少有一個(gè)男人不忠誠(chéng)這句話記在心里，那么就可能不只一個(gè)通奸者了。

If there are two cheaters, 98 women will know who they are. The next day when the wives who have been cheated on see that nobody has been executed they will realise the only explanation is that their husbands are the culprits, and will kill them.
如果有兩個(gè)通奸者，另外的98個(gè)妻子就會(huì)知道他們是誰(shuí)。次日，當(dāng)一直在被欺騙隱瞞的妻子們發(fā)現(xiàn)沒(méi)有人被處決，她們就會(huì)意識(shí)到唯一合理的解釋就是她們的丈夫就是通奸者，然后就把他們殺了。

By that logic, 100 cheating husbands will be executed on the 100th day, as the riddle states that every man in the village has cheated on his wife.
根據(jù)邏輯關(guān)系，100個(gè)不忠的丈夫就會(huì)在第100天被處決，正如題目所說(shuō)的村子里的每個(gè)丈夫都欺騙過(guò)自己的妻子。

A riddle about pirates sounds complicated but the answer is in fact quite simple.
有一個(gè)關(guān)于海盜的謎題，雖然聽(tīng)起來(lái)很復(fù)雜，但答案實(shí)際上很簡(jiǎn)單。

You’re the captain of a pirate ship, and your crew gets to vote on how the gold is divided up.
你是一艘海盜船的船長(zhǎng)，你的船員正在投票決定如何分配收獲到的金子。

'If fewer than half of the pirates agree with you, you die. How do you recommend apportioning the gold in such a way that you get a good share of the booty, but still survive?
”如果少于半數(shù)的人支持你，你就得死。所以你會(huì)怎么建議把金子分配得自己既能獲得很好的收益，還能幸免于難呢？”

The solution is to share 51 per cent of the treasure.
答案是分享金子的51%。

Another logic puzzled candidates were given to solve was: 'How many times a day do the hands of a clock overlap?'
另外還有一個(gè)利用邏輯解決的問(wèn)題：“一天內(nèi)時(shí)鐘的指針重合多少次？”

The hands overlap once an hour, but 11 times in 12 hours and 22 times in a day. This is because the overlap at 12 has already been accounted for. The overlaps occur at 12, 1.05, 2.11, 3:16, 4:22, 5:27, 6:33, 7:38, 8:44, 9:49 and 10:55 in the morning and after midday at 12, 1.05, 2:11, 3:16, 4:22, 5:27, 6:33, 7:38, 8:44, 9:49 and 10:55.
指針每小時(shí)重合一次，但每12小時(shí)重合11次，每天重合22次。這是因?yàn)橹羔樤?2點(diǎn)的重合早已計(jì)算在內(nèi)了。指針會(huì)在早上12點(diǎn)，1點(diǎn)05分，2點(diǎn)11分，3點(diǎn)16分，4點(diǎn)22分，5點(diǎn)27分，6點(diǎn)33分，7點(diǎn)38分，8點(diǎn)44分，9點(diǎn)49分以及10點(diǎn)55分，以及午后12點(diǎn)，1點(diǎn)05分，2點(diǎn)11分，3點(diǎn)16分，4點(diǎn)22分，5點(diǎn)27分，6點(diǎn)33分，7點(diǎn)38分，8點(diǎn)44分，9點(diǎn)49分，10點(diǎn)55分重合。

9 OF GOOGLE'S TOUGHEST BANNED QUESTIONS
9個(gè)被否決的Google面試難題

1.You have to get from point A to point B. You don’t know if you can get there. What would you do?
1. 你必須從A點(diǎn)走到B點(diǎn)，但你不知道你能不能達(dá)到那里，你會(huì)怎么做？

2.You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your original density. You are then thrown into an empty glass blender. The blades will start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do?
2. 你的身高被縮至硬幣大小，你的體重也相應(yīng)按比例減少到維持身體的原始密度。然后你被扔進(jìn)了一個(gè)空的玻璃攪拌器，攪拌刀片將在60秒后開(kāi)始轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)。你會(huì)怎么做？

3.Imagine you have a closet full of shirts. It’s very hard to find a shirt. So what can you do to organize your shirts for easy retrieval?
3.想象你有一個(gè)裝滿襯衫的柜子。你很難找到一件合適的襯衫。因此你如何整理這些襯衫以便尋找？

4.Explain the significance of 'dead beef'
4. 解釋一下“dead beef”的意義。

5.How much should you charge to wash all the windows in Seattle?
5.把西雅圖所有的窗子都洗一遍要花多少錢？

6.If you look at a clock and the time is 3:15, what is the angle between the hour and the minute hands?
6.如果你看了一下鐘表，時(shí)間顯示3：15，那么時(shí)針與分針之間的夾角是多少？

7.What is the probability of breaking a stick into 3 pieces and forming a triangle?
7.把一根棍子折成3份剛好能拼成一個(gè)三角形的幾率是多少？

8.What method would you use to look up a word in a dictionary?
8.你會(huì)采用什么方法在字典里查找一個(gè)單詞？

9.A man pushed his car to a hotel and lost his fortune. What happened?
9. 一個(gè)男人把車推到酒店里卻把財(cái)產(chǎn)丟了。發(fā)生了什么事？

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