Critical Thinking Interview Puzzles With Answers

#461 - Hard Guess My Number Puzzle

One night, I thought of ways that can be used for creating a palindrome. So I decided that I will turn into a larger number by adding the reversed digits to the original number and keep doing it till I finally obtained a palindrome.

I am not sure if this process will always result in a palindrome eventually but I was able to produce a four digit palindrome. Can you guess my starting number?

#462 - Trick Equation Problem

The following equation can be made correct by moving one small line. Can you find out how?
6 + 6 + 2 = 34034

#463 - Number Sequence Puzzle

Can you complete the sequence?
192, 021, 222, 324, 252, 627, 2__, 9__?

#464 - Easy Who Am I Question

Living above a star, I do not burn
Eleven friends and they do not turn
I can just be visited in a sequence, not once or repeatedly
PQRS are my initials
Can you tell my name accurately?

#465 - Form Squares With Sticks Puzzle

In the given picture, you can find a square in the center and four open squares. Can you form three closed squares by just moving three sticks from their positions respectively?

#466 - Holiday Rebus Puzzle

Which holiday are we talking about ?

#467 - Visual Number Series Problem

Solve the number series problem in the picture below ?

#468 - Interesting Math Problem

Alex and Martin are planning on a vacation. Alex says, "It will be better if we take the train to the hotel. We will reach faster."
To this, Martin says, "No. You are wrong. The train stops at halfway to the hotel and then we will have to walk the rest of the way. We should take the bikes to the hotel directly."
Alex says, "You are wrong."

Now, Alex takes the train while Martin takes the bike. The train travels with four times the speed of bike. The bike travels at twice the speed of walking.

Who do you think will reach the hotel first?

#469 - Easy Mathematics Trivia

Can you find a number that lies one third of the distance between 1/3 and 2/3?

#470 - Logic Dice Riddle

A solo dice game is played. In this game, upon each turn, a normal pair of dice is rolled and the score is calculated not by adding the numbers but multiplying them.

It is observed that in a particular game, the score for the second roll is five more than what was achieved in the first roll. The score for the third roll is six less than what was achieved in the second roll. The score for the fourth roll is eleven more than what was achieved in the third roll. The score for the fifth roll is eight less than what was achieved in the fourth roll.

Can you calculate the score for each of the five throws ?