Στο τελευταίο τεύχος του ACM Communications (είσαστε όλοι μέλη σε αυτό καθώς και στο IEEE Computer Society έτσι?), περιέχεται ένα μυστήριο ένθετο με τον τίτλο ... Google Labs Aptitude Test! Το συμπληρώνεις και το στέλνεις στο Google. Αν το σκορ είναι αρκετά καλό, το Google θα επικοινωνήσει μαζί σου και πού ξέρεις, Ισως και να βρεις δουλειά εκεί.

Μερικές ερωτήσεις:

2. Write a haiku describing possible methods for predicting search traffic seasonality.

4. You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. There is a dusty laptop there with a weak wireless connection. There are dull, lifeless gnomes strolling about. What dost thou do?
   A) Wander aimelessly, bumping into obstacles until you are eaten by a grue.
   B) Use the laptop as a digging device to tunnel to the next level.
   C) Play MPoRPG until the battery dies along with your hopes.
   D) Use the computer to map the nodes of the maze and discover an exit path.
   E) Email your resume to Google, tell the lead gnome you quit and find yourself in whole different world.

5. What's broken with Unix? How would you fix it?

10. On an infinite, two dimensional, rectangular lattice of 1 ohm resistors, what is the resistance between two nodes that are a knight's move away?

15. What is the coolest hack you've ever written?

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