如今招聘市场竞争日渐激烈，尤其是在互联网的地盘上，很多公司的面试问题绝对脑洞清奇。

可怕的是，你可能还会遇到过往面试经验中从未出现过的“奇葩”问题。

热门公司经常以标新立异的问题出名，让答题者绞尽脑汁， 这种招聘方式对任何应聘者来说都很有压力。

“are you smart?”

“你聪明吗？”

今天小编就总结了一些不同寻常的商务英语学习方法的面试问题，可以让你至少心里有个底。

苹果

we have a cup of hot coffee and a small cold milk out of the fridge. the room temperature is in between these two. when should we add milk to coffee to get the coolest combination earliest (at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end)?

假设有杯热咖啡和一杯刚从冰箱里拿出来的冰牛奶。室温介于二者之间。问：何时往咖啡里加冰牛奶才能最快得到一杯最凉的咖啡牛奶？（开始、中间、最后）

product design engineer

产品设计工程师

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there are three boxes, one contains only apples, one contains only oranges, and one contains both apples and oranges. the boxes have been incorrectly labeled such that no label identifies the actual contents of the box it labels. opening just one box, and without looking in the box, you take out one piece of fruit. by looking at the fruit, how can you immediately label all of the boxes correctly?

有三个箱子。一个里面全部是苹果，一个里面全部是橘子，还有一个苹果和橘子都有。这三个箱子都贴错了标签，没法从标签上知道里面的内容物。你只可以打开一个箱子，不可以往里头看，拿出一个水果。看着这个拿出来的水果，你如何立即把箱子和正确的标签对应起来？

software qa engineer

软件测试工程师岗

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give me 5 ways of measuring how much gasoline is in a car.

告诉我五个测算一辆汽车里有多少汽油的方法。

hardware engineering

硬件工程师岗

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亚马逊

amazon is a peculiar company. what is peculiar about you?

亚马逊是一家不寻常的公司。你有什么不寻常之处吗？

area manager

区域经理岗

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if you had 5,623 participants in a tournament, how many games would need to be played to determine the winner?

如果一场锦标赛有5623名参赛者，你认为需要多少局比赛才能决定出胜者？

area manager

区域经理岗

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if you saw someone steal a quarter, would you report it?

如果你看到有人偷了25美分，你会举报吗？

shipping manifest clerk

装运清单专员岗

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腾讯

what games do you like to play?

你喜欢打什么游戏？

software engineer

软件工程师岗

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what’s your favorite tencent application?

你最喜欢的腾讯应用是什么？

legal assistant

法务助理岗

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what are the key verticals that tencent should address?

你认为有哪些垂类是腾讯需要做的？

mobile business development manager

移动商务发展经理岗

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微软

how would you determine if a deck of cards is well or poorly shuffled?

你如何判断一副扑克牌是否充分地被洗牌？

software development engineer

软件开发工程师岗

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the infamous “clock hands” question — how many times do the hour and minute hands of a clock overlap in a 24 hour period?

最讨厌的“钟表指针”问题——在24小时内，时针会和分针重合多少次？

software development engineer

软件开发工程师岗

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explain recursion to a 5-year-old kid.

把我当五岁小孩，给我解释一下“递归”的概念。

software engineer

软件工程师岗

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谷歌

if ads were removed from youtube, how would you monetize it?

如果youtube去除了广告，你打算用什么方式来赚钱？

associate account strategist

会计战略副职岗

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a coin was flipped 1,000 times and there were 560 heads. do you think the coin is biased?

一枚硬币被抛了1000次，共有560次正面。你认为这枚硬币是否有倾向性？

quantitative analyst

量化分析师岗

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estimate the number of tennis balls that can fit into a plane.

估算一下一架飞机中可以装下多少个网球？

intern

实习生岗

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看完这么多面试问题，脑子有没有被绕晕呢？

不论面试形式怎么变，面试的目的都是从你这里获得面试官想要的信息。

这些信息可能与你的品质相关，与你的专业能力相关，也可能单纯只是想杀杀你的锐气。

people who need to make a good impression in job interviews should concentrate on communicating the hard work and effort behind their success, rather than just emphasizing their talent, new research from cass business school has found.

伦敦城市大学卡斯商学院的一项新研究发现，想在工作面试中留下好印象的人得注意把自己成功背后的努力和刻苦表达出来，不要只是强调自己多么有才华。

in impression (mis) management when communicating success, published in basic and applied social psychology, dr janina steinmetz investigated how people attribute their success in job interviews, and whether these attributions were successful with their audiences.

在发表在《基础应用社会心理学》期刊上的《传递成功过程中的印象管理》一文中，steinmetz博士研究了人们在工作面试中是如何将成功归因的，同时还研究了这些归因行为在受众看来是否成功。

she found — contrary to what many of us think — that success alone may not be enough to make a positive impression. instead, she suggests that people should ensure they talk about the struggle behind their story to appear more likeable.

她发现强调成功本身并不足以留下正面印象——这和很多人以为的不一样。与之相反，她建议人们应当多谈谈自己成功背后的磨砺，好让自己看起来更讨人喜欢。商务英语学习方法就是这样。

dr steinmetz conducted three experiments with participants from the united states and the netherlands, with people from all age ranges (18-75) and with an even gender balance between male and female. two of the experiments emulated job interviews (using working adults). participants were asked to imagine themselves in the role of the impression manager (interviewee) or the receiver (interviewer).

steinmetz博士开展了三项实验，实验的参与者来自美国和荷兰，各年龄段都有覆盖，性别组成也是平衡的。其中两项实验模拟了工作面试（参与者皆为有工作的成人）。参与者被分别要求扮演印象管理者或者印象接受者的角色。

the “impression manager” was asked to speak about themselves in a positive way and feedback was given by the receiver detailing what they wanted to hear more about.

印象管理者需要说话表扬自己，印象接受者则会提供反馈，表示他们想深入了解的部分。

all experiments found the impression managers overemphasized their talents and successes and did not share the effort and hard work behind them — something that the receivers wanted to hear about.

可以从所有实验中发现，印象管理者们通常过度强调了自己的才华和成功，却没有分享出背后的努力与艰辛——也就是印象接受者们想要了解的东西。

dr steinmetz said it was clear that communicating success and talent in job interviews is important but it is just as important to tell the story of the hard work and effort behind it to create a warmer, positive, more relatable first impression.

steinmetz博士表示，在工作面试中传递成功和才华固然重要，但陈述其背后所花费的气力也同样重要，这样就能创造一个更友好、积极和更能引发共鸣的第一印象。

不管你有没有回答过这个问题或是类似问题，一定要向面试官描述思考过程，显示你在寻找解决方案时逻辑清晰。商务英语学习方法认为：

记住，他们并不只关心得出“正确答案”，他们想知道你解答的能力，判断你以后的工作表现。

记住了吗？表扬自己的时候别忘了说清楚自己的努力哦。

你的经历，你的磨难，都是你专业能力和智慧最好的脚注。

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