@bonzombiekitty said:
Never got a trick interview question, but a few years ago when I was interviewing for a co-op position in the System Test department at the company I currently work at, I got this sorta odd question:
<My company> has a satellite in space. This satellite is made up of three nodes. Each node is connected to two other nodes such that it forms a triangle (at this point I think he's being serious). Every ten minutes we send a signal to this satellite. (still thinking he's serious). This signal causes three radioactive spiders, which are each in they're own node to move to an adjacent node (my mind shifts without a clutch...). Each node can only hold one spider at a time; if the spiders try to occupy the same node at the same time or run into eachother when trying to move nodes, they explode. Is this satellite a good idea? What are the chances of it blowing up?
Once I recovered from the absurdity of the question, I answered the question quickly. Apparently I answered the question faster than anyone before and anyone since then. The guy interviewing me had to come up with some other random questions on the spot to fill the fifteen minutes it was supposed to take me to answer. Supposedly the question is designed to just see how your thought process goes. I just gave the answer in like 10 seconds.
"Realisticly", the nodes are connected with tubes of somesort. But the interviewer never mentioned them, thus, they don't exist.