Interviewer: What is the largest number composed of 123? Those who answered 321 were eliminated
Xiao Sun went to a company for an interview some time ago. During the interview, he met a very cunning interviewer. Rather than being very cunning, it would be better to say that the interviewer was very clever and asked a small question invisibly. He even stunned Xiao Sun. Taking this opportunity today, let's take a look at what questions the interviewer asked Xiao Sun? How did Xiao Sun answer?
Weird numbers.
The interviewer came to Xiao Sun, very happy, and then let Xiao Sun sit down and told him: Don't be nervous. You have a long time to think about this question. During this period of time, you can think about how to answer this question. Of course, if you can't answer it, we will not force it, but if you can't answer it or answer this If the answer to the question is incorrect, then I am very sorry, and you will be disqualified from entering this business.
After the interviewer explained the rules, he told Xiao Sun: What is the largest number composed of the three numbers 123? I hope you can answer it within 5 minutes, of course there are two chances of trial and error, no problem to miss twice. But if you make a third mistake, sorry, you will just leave this company.
Xiao Sun didn't even think about it at the time. Of course, the largest number composed of 123 is 123. When Xiao Sun told the interviewer the answer, the interviewer shook his head and told him: No, no, this data is wrong, then this How much is the data?
Xiao Sun suddenly had an idea. Although 123 was given, it did not mean that the numbers were formed in order, that is to say, I could do some tricks from it, as long as I formed the largest number and used it to 123. Xiao Sun thought about it, that is 321, that is, 321. 321 is more than 100 more than 123, it must be the largest number.
After listening to this, the interviewer still smiled and shook his head and said: No, no, you have another chance next time. If you still answer incorrectly this time, then sorry, you will be eliminated from the company.
Xiao Sun thought and thought, but couldn't come up with the correct answer. Seeing the time passing bit by bit, it was almost 5 minutes. At this time, Xiao Sun suddenly had an idea. If 321 or 123 are not right, then we Let’s think about it another way: We all learned the relationship of powers in high school. If the largest number is 2 to the 31st power, it is actually reasonable.
The 31st power of 2 is greater than the 12th power of 3. After thinking about it, Xiao Sun also made up his mind and told the interviewer that the largest number is 2 to the 31st power, right? The interviewer nodded after listening to it, yes yes, in fact, this is the correct answer.
The interviewer's thoughts.
For the vast majority of job interviews, the interview process must be smooth sailing, and it makes sense to think about it. The reason is very simple, because the interviewer needs to pass such an interview and select excellent talents in the shortest time.
However, for some jobs or for some special positions, there are no two options of being excellent or not being excellent at all. In short, anyone who is similar can enter this company. There will be a lot of room for manipulation.
Because we found that whether the interviewer selected talents or mediocrity, they can adapt to the position and do better. So in this case, the interviewer is more to test the employee's delicacy and flexibility. What is delicacy and flexibility?
In short, it is the ability to read and review questions, and at the same time be able to draw a conclusion, which is exactly the conclusion everyone needs. In this case, the person who can naturally draw a conclusion from the two comparisons tends to have more advantages. If you ask what the question shows, and what the question shows, it seems that nothing has been revealed, as if Nothing is inspected, is it?
So this is the crux of the problem. The interviewer hopes to use such questions to improve employees' responsiveness and test their agility. However, for some job seekers or for some companies, such interviews are basically a This kind of invalid interview, it is absolutely impossible to test whether an employee's mind is flexible or not through a question.
For the same reason, companies absolutely do not need such crooked and crooked testing methods, so most job interviews suggest that they are quite satisfactory, and they can directly examine the core competence and core level of employees. There is no need to fix this crooked way.