Frequently Asked Riddles in Job Interviews

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Published on 2009-10-27T07:04:54Z Indexed on 2010/03/24 7:13 UTC
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Were you asked any logic riddles in job interviews?
Are you usually asking riddles in job interviews?
What are they, and what are the answers?

I was asked once how can you divide evenly 5 apples to 6 people without dividing any apple to 1/6 (or 1/12 or 1/18 etc.).

(Would love to hear answers in the comments, I'm not sure my answer was the best)

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