Dave’s on Fire
dave winer is stuck on a deserted island, with lots of trees, which is very thin and ten miles long […]
Brain Teasers, Data Structures, Logic Puzzles
Arrays, Brain Teasers
Chessboard
problem: using 31 dominoes, where one domino covers exactly two squares, can you cover all the empty squares on this
Logic Puzzles
Easy River Crossing
Three cannibals and three anthropologists have to cross a river. the boat they have is only big enough for two
Algorithms
Shapes
Part I: draw a square. divide it into four identical squares. remove the bottom left hand square. now divide the
Algorithms, Arrays, Dynamic Programming, Google Interview Questions, System Design
Webloggers
Five webloggers – joshua Allen, meg Hourihan, jason Kottke, robert Scoble, and joel Spolsky – were competing for karma points
Bit Manipulation, Logic Puzzles
Hard River Crossing
a disfunctional family has to cross the river. on one side of the river are a mom and 2 daughters,
Data Structures, Logic Puzzles, String Manipulation
Classic Weighing
this is a classic problem which i have heard many times before. this is the “harder” of the two problems,
Logic Puzzles, Math Problems
Monty Hall Problem
Another well known problem in probability is the Monty Hall problem. You are presented with three doors (door 1, door
String Manipulation
Gold Chain
A man has a gold chain with 7 links. he needs the service of a laborer for 7 days at
Algorithms
Surgeons
A one armed surgeon with a hand wound needs to operate on three patients. the surgeon only has two gloves.
Bit Manipulation, Brain Teasers
Clock
Part I: what is the angle between the minute hand and the hour hand at 3:15 on an analog clock?
Math Problems
Mountain Man
At 6 a.m. a man starts hiking a path up a mountain. he walks at a variable pace, resting occasionally,
Algorithms, Bit Manipulation, Brain Teasers, Data Structures, System Design
Treasure Island
You find an old treasure map in your grandma’s attic. the map shows a cannon, a coconut tree, and a
Logic Puzzles
Screwy Pirates
A. first i would just like to say i am so glad jenna got voted off survivor. yuck, i couldn’t
Math Problems
Ants on a Triangle
There are three ants on a triangle, one at each corner. at a given moment in time, they all set