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My favorite (probably apocryphal) Microsoft brain teaser question I've heard is, "If you had to move Mt Fuji, how would you do it?"

I've never interviewed there, or been asked that question, but I think it would be a lot of fun to answer.



> "If you had to move Mt Fuji, how would you do it?"

Wait 1s.


There’s a whole book on Microsoft’s hiring brainteasers, appropriately from 2004 right around when the practice was waning and brainteasers started to get a bad reputation: How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316778494)


We do it every several years. It just takes a lot of paperwork. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Geodetic_System


"I wouldn't even try it because I don't want to be deported from Japan."


"One mouthfull at a time"




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