A former Google employee shared one question that "stumped" most candidates – are you ready to find out?
Chanel, who worked as chief people officer at the multi-billion company, said interviewers decide if they like a candidate within three minutes.
And during the daunting process, hiring managers like to throw in some "crazy questions".
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One of them, Chanel believes, stumped the most interviewees at tech giant Google.
She explains: "There is a coffee shop in San Francisco, it has unlimited supply and demand, meaning it has all the coffee beans, coffee cups, teas in the world.
"And the customer line wraps around the block.
"The coffee shop is roughly 500 square feet so how many cups of coffee can this coffee shop produce in one day?"
Viewers had a go to try to answer the question, with many coming out with the answer "zero".
One shared: "'How many cups of coffee can this coffee shop produce in one day?' Zero, the coffee shop needs workers to produce the coffee."
"You need workers and machines, so zero," another also said.
Some tried to work out the maths behind it.
"Let's say a line of people are equally spaced at 12 inches in line and walk at three miles per hour. 5280 people per mile x 3 miles/hour x 24 hours/day=380,000day," a person answered.
One asked for more details: "What are the working hours though?"
Others were convinced that there was a keyword in the question, saying: "Unlimited."
Chanel revealed in the comment section that there is no strict answer to it.
She explained: "They want to see your thought process, that's why they made it so vague to understand your decision making skills."
The TikToker gave other example that test the candidates' thought process.
She continued: "How many ping pong balls you can fit in a 747 plane? What's the size of Texas? How many telephone poles are there in California? – there are no right or wrong answers.
"The interviewers are just trying to figure out how you handle ambiguous questions."
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