You have identified the purpose of these questions. They are determining your mindset when dealing with novel circumstances. Do you make an effort to explore and understand the actual constraints, or do you impose your own, preconceived notions on the scenario? Do you limit yourself needlessly?

The worst you can do is to treat it as a riddle and immediately give the “correct” answer. An interview isn’t a knowledge test. They aren’t trying to determine if you’ve seen and retained the accepted solution. They ask this sort of question to gain some insight into your problem solving skills.

A better answer is to step in to the question, and treat it like a real world scenario. Acknowledge the stated constraints, then explore them.

How much effort should we put into this problem? How much time and treasure are we going to spend on this? Why are we even determining which switch controls the light in the first place? What are the consequences of a wrong answer? If we’re going to get fired for a wrong answer, we should take our time and get it right. If the consequences are “go try again”, let’s just start flipping switches.

Do we have other resources available? Is there someone in the room? Can we put someone in the room? Is there someone else available who uses the switch regularly? Can we ask their assistance? (If the room isn’t being used often enough for anybody to know how the switches work, should it be repurposed to something more useful?)

Do we know that these are normal, simple switches? If they are three-way switches, or installed upside down, we can’t trust their position.

Is it safe to assume the bulb is functional? The “riddle” answer fails on this.

Is it safe to assume the bulb starts cold? Did they run this test with another candidate a minute earlier? Did they leave it in a “hot” state for us already?

Is the light accessible when we get into the room, or is it inside a ceiling fixture, 12-feet over our heads?

What are the other switches connected to? If they control fans or lights or other appliances that can be sensed outside the room, we don’t even need to leave the first room.

What is the necessity of the specific, given constraints? If this is a real-world scenario, we’re probably not going to have a limitation on entering the room only once. If we can eliminate that constraint, the problem is a lot easier to solve.

Get feedback from the interviewer: Have we adequately explored this scenario to their satisfaction? Is there some other aspect we need to address?

Blackberry insisted on a 3-row thumboard on the face of the device. I want a 5-row slider, like Samsung’s Relay.

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On average, we earn enough that everyone should have healthcare and 4 -week vacations every summer

On average.

Yeah, I hope Clinton/Harris was snark.

Clinton/Harris 2028

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We need to just make the richest person in the country financially responsible for all healthcare.

When Musk falls to #2, he can share the load with Bezos. When Bezos and Musk tie him for third, Zuck gets to join the party. Nobody gets to be the richest American. At that point, they get to brag about how many lives they are responsible for saving instead of how much damage they’ve done to the rest of us.

Welp, the midterms are finally going to be all about universal healthcare.

You don’t actually have to be a citizen to join the US military. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) are eligible to serve. They are also required to register for Selective Service and can be drafted.

AFAIK, the affected senators vacate their seats. A quorum is 50% + 1 of occupied seats. When an asteroid falls on 30 GOP senators, a quorum is 36 and a supermajority is 47, not 51 an 67.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_Redirect_Mission

I have legitimately never seen this meme.

I’ve seen dozens of posts and articles commenting on it, but I have never actually seen this meme in the wild.

Yo ho, all together…

Law enforcement can certainly investigate, sure. But we won’t hear about that investigation unless it turns up something that can make it through court.

It’s theoretically possible that an asteroid could hit a gathering of GOP senators shortly before the impeachment vote, skewing the demographics of the Senate enough to convict.

The requirement is “proof of financial responsibility” not “insurance” specifically. Every state allows you to establish a surety bond rather than insurance. If you’ve got $30k-$50k lying around doing nothing, you can let the state hold on to. So long as you don’t get sued for damages related to your driving, you get it back when you stop driving.

They would need more evidence. He can claim the autobiography is a work of fiction designed to sell copies, and that the rape never actually happened.

Without corroborating evidence, the state can’t meet its burden of proof.

Interesting. A first-person shooter is the view from the perspective of the shooter. A third person shooter is the view from a neutral party - a camera watching the action.

A second-person shooter would be from the viewpoint of those being shot by the protagonist.

A telepathic assassin. You read the mind(s) of your target(s), and somehow use their eyes to kill them.