Re: Interview Question

From: Jeremy Rickard <Jeremy_at_jbdr.demon.co.uk>
Date: 1997/06/13
Message-ID: <FscdMLASQZozEwmG@jbdr.demon.co.uk>#1/1

In article <33A06770.161E_at_aig.vialink.com>, Johnny Barnes <jbarnes_at_aig.vialink.com> writes
>Last summer I interviewed with a large airline firm for a dba position
>and the first technical question asked was - If you have 8 marbles all
>of the same size but one is heavier how can you find the heavy marble
>with a set of balance scales in just 2 weighings?

Well clearly you'd need 3, so I guess this must be a lateral thinking test - probably involving some highly debatable "trick".

What was the answer and did you get it correct?

-- 
Jeremy Rickard

Received on Fri Jun 13 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT