They've since stopped, and sadly it looks like Microsoft has taken up the mantle for stupid irrelevant logic questions.
They've since stopped, and sadly it looks like Microsoft has taken up the mantle for stupid irrelevant logic questions.
I had a series of interviews that was all logic questions with a trick that you had to decode to successfully answer it.
It's cute, and everyone gets to feel really proud of themselves if they can solve an applied prisoners dilemma for the answer everyone in the room is looking for, but it's not relevant to the performance of any position that I was being considered.
I'm involved in a lot of interviews and I think the problem is getting worse. Taking all of your questions from a certification exam, constructing a bubble sort, or talking about why manhole covers are circles might be satisfying to a bad interviewer, but does no one a service IMHO.
I'd suggest diving deep into past work experience and ask them to show you something that they have done well so that you can understand the utility that they provide. Very few people that I encounter do this and then try to pound round pegs into square holes.
e.g., "3 light bulbs in a room" and "family crossing the bridge" being the classic examples.
You have a family of people of varying weights (the exact numbers you'd have to look up) - determine the optimal way for the family to make it across the bridge.