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40 Puzzles most frequently asked HR Interviews

2. Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?

3. You have two buckets - one holds exactly 5 liters and the other 3 liters. How can you measure 4
liters of water into the 5 liter bucket? (Assume you have an unlimited supply of water and that there
are no measurement markings of any kind on the buckets.)

4. How can you drop an egg on the floor without breaking it.

5. Why are manhole covers round?

6. If 7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, then how many days are needed for 1 spider to make 1 web?

7. Tom's mother has three children. One is named April, one is named May. What is the third one
named?

8. Perform this calculation in your head, mentally adding the numbers as quickly as you can. Start with
1000 and add 40. Now add 1000. Add 30 to that, then add another 1000. Now add 20 to that result. Add
another 1000 and finally, add 10 to that. What is the total?

9. If you were to spell out the numbers, how far would you have to go before encountering the letter
'A'”

10. You are standing outside a closed door. On the other side of the door is a room that has three light
bulbs in it. The room is completely sealed off from the outside. It has no windows and nothing can get in
or out except through the door. On the outside of the room there are three light switches that control
each of the respective light bulbs on the other side of the door.

Your assignment is to determine which light switch controls which light bulb. You are allowed to enter
the room only once, and once you come out, you must be able to state with 100% certainty which light
switch controls which light bulb.

11. If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it be before
all the pills had been taken?

12. I went to bed at eight 8 'clock in the evening and wound up my clock and set the alarm to sound at
nine 9 'clock in the morning. How many hours sleep would I get before being awoken by the alarm?

13. Divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get?

14. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many live sheep were left?
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15. If you drove a bus with 43 people on board from Warangal and stopped at Khammam to pick up 7
more people and drop off 5 passengers and at Kodad to drop off 8 passengers and pick up 4 more and
eventually arrive at Vijayawada 06 hours later, what’s the name of the driver?

16. If you had only one match and entered a COLD and DARK room, where there was an oil heater, an oil
lamp and a candle, which would you, light first?

17. By moving one of the following digits, make the equation correct. 62 - 63 = 1

18. You have 12 black socks and 12 white socks mixed up in a drawer. You're up very early and it's too
dark to tell them apart. What's the smallest number of socks you need to take out (blindly) to be sure of
having a matching pair?

19. What is special about the following sequence of numbers?

20. Why is it very common to have a 9 minute snooze interval on alarm clocks, why not 10 instead?

21. An Arab sheikh tells his two sons to race their camels to a distant city to see who will inherit his
fortune. The one whose camel is slower will win. The brothers, after wandering aimlessly for days, ask a
wise man for advise. After hearing the advice they jump on the camels and race as fast as they can to
the city. What does the wise man say?

22. If you had a ton of feathers and a ton of stones which would be heavier?

23. Two women apply for a job. They are identical and have the same mother, father and birthday. The
interviewer asks, "Are you twins?" to which they honestly reply,

"No".
How is this possible?

24. A prisoner is told

"If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you."

What can he say to save himself?

25. You have a fox, a chicken and a sack of grain. You must cross a river with only one of them at a time.
If you leave the fox with the chicken he will eat it; if you leave the chicken with the grain he will eat it.
How can you get all three across safely?

26. A man is traveling with a fox and two chickens, if he leaves the fox alone with the chickens the fox
will eat the chickens. He comes to a river and needs to cross it, he finds a small boat that can carry only
him and one animal, how does he get himself, the fox and two chickens across the river safely?
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27. Three closed boxes have either white marbles, black marbles or both, and they are labeled white,
black and both. However, you're told that each of the labels are wrong. You may reach into one of the
boxes and pull out only one marble. Which box should you remove a marble from to determine the
contents of all three boxes?

28. A glass of water have one ice cube in it. When the ice has completely melted, will the level of the
water have increased, decreased or remain unchanged?

29. How far can a horse run into the forest?

30. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging
fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3
years. Which room is safest for him?

31. Name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday.

32. There are six glasses in a row. The first three are full of water, and the next three are empty. By
moving only one glass how can you make them alternate between full and empty?

33. Two children were playing chess and each played five games. Both children won the same number
of games yet there were no ties. How is this possible?

34.

44 33 555 555 666 9 666 777 555 3

35. What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in it?

36. Rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word.

37. Two fathers and two sons go fishing together in the same boat. They all catch a fish but the total
catch for the day is three fish. How is this possible?

38.

0_2345

What does this represent?

39. On a regular 12-hour digital clock how many times would the same three digits in a row be
displayed (e.g. 1:11, 11:12, 12:22) in one day?
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40. A man says his dog can jump over his house. No one believes him but he is right. How is that
possible?