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The Bridge and Lantern Riddle Four people need to cross a narrow, dark bridge. They only have one lantern, and the bridge can hold a maximum of two people at a time. Any pair crossing must move at the speed of the slower person in the pair. The crossing times for the people are as follows: Person A - takes 1 minute to cross Person B - takes 2 minutes to cross Person C - takes 9 minutes to cross Person D - takes 10 minutes to cross The goal is for all four to cross the bridge in 17 minutes.
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Chip Verification/Design Engineer

Interviewed at NVIDIA

4.4
21 Dec 2025

The Bridge and Lantern Riddle Four people need to cross a narrow, dark bridge. They only have one lantern, and the bridge can hold a maximum of two people at a time. Any pair crossing must move at the speed of the slower person in the pair. The crossing times for the people are as follows: Person A - takes 1 minute to cross Person B - takes 2 minutes to cross Person C - takes 9 minutes to cross Person D - takes 10 minutes to cross The goal is for all four to cross the bridge in 17 minutes.

A couple invites 9 other couples to dinner. Once everyone arrives, each person shakes hands with everyone he doesn’t know. Then, the host asks everyone how many hands they shook and each person replies with a different number. Assuming that everyone knows his or her own spouse, how many hands did the hostess shake?
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Chip Design, Student

Interviewed at NVIDIA

4.4
27 June 2024

A couple invites 9 other couples to dinner. Once everyone arrives, each person shakes hands with everyone he doesn’t know. Then, the host asks everyone how many hands they shook and each person replies with a different number. Assuming that everyone knows his or her own spouse, how many hands did the hostess shake?

you've got a symmetric arena and you're playing a game against a foe. each one, in his turn, puts a coin inside the arena. the last one who has space for his coin in the arena wins. explain how can you always win if you're starting.
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Chip Design Engineer

Interviewed at NVIDIA

4.4
13 July 2025

you've got a symmetric arena and you're playing a game against a foe. each one, in his turn, puts a coin inside the arena. the last one who has space for his coin in the arena wins. explain how can you always win if you're starting.

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