The Guardian: Is Tech Envy Blooming?
May 4, 2015
The Guardian newspaper is one of the more tech forward newspapers which print dead tree editions. The publication has embraced open source. It features articles about technology and some of them are fact centric. One of the more interesting write ups or information constructs I have seen is “Take the Test: Could You Get a Job at Google?” I am one of the people who know the answer to this question.
I assumed the article would rehash one of the now hard to find Google Lab Aptitude Tests.
Here’s a sample page from an early version:
Here’s one of the questions:
Consider a function which, for a given whole number n, returns the number of ones required when writing out all numbers between 0 and n. For example, f(13)=6. Notice that f(1)=1. What is the next largest n such that f(n)=n? Don’t go running to WolframAlpha. Just write down the answer and no wonky faux flow charts.
Or you can work through the Guardian’s version of the test. Here’s a representative Guardian question:
Do you prefer dogs to cats?
Here’s a GLAT question.
What’s broken with Unix? How would you fix it?
I don’t have that experience with Googlers and Xooglers. Well, maybe a teeny, tiny bit. But I surmise the Guardian is poking fun at the GOOG. My hunch is that the write up is designed to amuse those at the Guardian. real Googlers and Xooglers are not likely to care. The write up reveals more about what the Guardian perceives about Google and the Guardian’s sense of humor.
Does anyone remember the commercial in which the key beat was, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature?” I wonder if it is okay to spook Mother Google. Of course it is. Would Google react to a person or organization with a Web site? Nah.
Stephen E Arnold, May 4, 2015
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