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re: OT Geniuses, How would you answer this BlackRock interview question?
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:39 pm to DestrehanTiger
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:39 pm to DestrehanTiger
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Give each prisoner a number. Tell them if one tries to escape, you will shoot the prisoner one number above them. 100 is tied to the 1st. Ideally, each prisoner keeps the prisoner below them in check.
This is a good premise, but it assumes they won't communicate what their numbers are. Any number below the initial escapee is safe to leave.
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Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:40 pm to boomtown143
Assuming that they do not know how many bullets you have, you have them line up in rows. You tell them that if one person on their row attempts to escape, everyone in the row dies.
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:43 pm to boomtown143
Shoot Tobey twice.
Duh.
Duh.
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:44 pm to Lsupimp
quote:racist
Shoot the Black
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:44 pm to boomtown143
Grant them all their freedom. Nobody escapes if you let them go free
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:44 pm to soccerfüt
It's BlackRock, just say you support DEI.
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:44 pm to boomtown143
Shoot one white male - the 99 remaining have no idea how many rounds you have left
This post was edited on 7/13/24 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:45 pm to Locoguan0
quote:Just threaten them all.
Assuming that they do not know how many bullets you have, you have them line up in rows. You tell them that if one person on their row attempts to escape, everyone in the row dies.
Why complicate it with rows?
Execute a single individual to prove that you will kill without question and simply explain that if anyone tries to escape, everyone dies.
That is based on the assumption that they do n’t know you have only one bullet.
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:49 pm to Scruffy
I'd dismiss myself from the interview. I don't want to work for a company that asks stupid questions during interviews.
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:49 pm to Scruffy
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Just threaten them all.
Why complicate it with rows?
Execute a single individual to prove that you will kill without question and simply explain that if anyone tries to escape, everyone dies.
There is a non-zero chance they survive if they try to escape. That's the problem.
This is one of those questions where there isn't an answer, and they want to see you reason through things like this.
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That is based on the assumption that they do n’t know you have only one bullet.
Even if you had 100 magazines full of ammo, you couldn't kill them all if they rushed you.
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:50 pm to boomtown143
They will try to escape no matter what.
I don't know of any gun that can hold 100 rounds in the chamber or give the illusion of that capacity.
I don't know of any gun that can hold 100 rounds in the chamber or give the illusion of that capacity.
This post was edited on 7/13/24 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:51 pm to Rouge
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I don't know if any gund that can hold 100 rounds in the chamber or give the illusion of that capacity.
That's why the answer is in the mob of 100 murderers, not the gun/bullet.
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:52 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Even if you had 100 magazines full of ammo, you couldn't kill them all if they rushed you.
That depends on how narrow your corridor for escape is but I’m sure you knew that given your perceived infinite wisdom
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:52 pm to SlowFlowPro
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That's why the answer is in the mob of 100 murderers, not the gun/bullet.
You don't think that enough of the criminals will see this obvious fallacy in the situation and decide to all make a run for it knowing that they all can't be killed?
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:52 pm to Finch
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That depends on how narrow your corridor for escape is but I’m sure you knew that given your perceived infinite wisdom
I did know that, b/c you're in a field. Re-read the question
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:55 pm to Rouge
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You don't think that enough of the criminals will see this obvious fallacy in the situation and decide to all make a run for it knowing that they all can't be killed?
You have to give them enough of an incentive threat.
Like tell them if anyone escapes, you'll choose a prisoner at random to kill their entire family, and if that random prisoner isn't the one who escaped, you'll give the family information, pictures, location of their family and children of the escapee to the prisoner whose family will be murdered and let him out.
This post was edited on 7/13/24 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:55 pm to SlowFlowPro
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I did know that, b/c you're in a field. Re-read the question
You can read it as the murderers are in the field, not the guard.
If I interviewed someone and asked this question and they immediately attacked the question instead of looking for a solution I would definitely make a note of that.
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:56 pm to boomtown143
I'd refuse to answer the question on religious grounds.
I would never work for a company that asks this type of stupid fricking hypothetical on a job application.
I would never work for a company that asks this type of stupid fricking hypothetical on a job application.
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:57 pm to Finch
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You can read it as the murderers are in the field, not the guard.
Then you could have a machine gun with 10,000 rounds and you'll never give them a 0.0% chance of survival. You're way too far away to deal with them with a single gun, at that point.
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If I interviewed someone and asked this question and they immediately attacked the question instead of looking for a solution I would definitely make a note of that.
That's the point. These questions don't have answers and they don't want an answer. They want to see people reason through them.
By throwing a temper tantrum b/c you didn't read the question, you have given them enough information.
Posted on 7/13/24 at 3:58 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:In reality, yes, but the goal is to convince them that it is zero.
There is a non-zero chance they survive if they try to escape. That's the problem.
They need to believe that if anyone escapes, they will die, unless all of them attempt at once.
The goal is to convince them to police themselves.
They are murderers. Trustworthiness is a problem.
You would have a hard time convincing 100 normal people to all trust each other, let alone murderers.
The goal is to make warring factions who prevent each other from escaping, thus preventing everyone’s demise.
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