Interviewee Puzzle Provided by CEO: Solution-seeking Query Demanded Within Scant Three Seconds for Accurate Answer
A Spin on a Baffling CEO's Math Puzzle: Redditors' Heads are Whirling
Who doesn't love a good brain-teaser, even though we might not always ask for one? Let me spill the beans on a recent mystery that's left thousands of minds in a whirl, all thanks to Dino Dionne, CEO of Genesis Capital Group. Yep, that's the big dude who runs an investment management firm, and boy does he know how to make waves!
So, brace yourself, 'cause it looks like there's a clever strategy behind his madness with that one 'three-second' quiz he slings towards prospective job-seekers. Sounds intense, right? Well, let's see if it's really as crazy as it seems!
Dino took to LinkedIn, sharing his challenge, declaring that if you want the job, you've got three seconds to crank out the correct solution. Boy, did it stir up a storm of thoughts and comments, as usual!
Now, if this math puzzle was shared on Sub-Reddit 'LinkedInLunatics', you can guess it was lit! As you can expect, each and every one of us had varying answers to that tricky equation. And, of course, I wasn't an exception. When I gave it a whirl, I got a nice round 5. But, y'know, no brackets meant I followed the order, from left to right.
But alas, the majority weren't solving the conundrum. Instead, they launched into arguments declaring Dino's question was a cheap shot on their intelligence. "This bozo is the very reason why Brackets were introduced in maths!" grumbled one user. Another simply declared their intent to ditch the interview with this buffoon, stating, "The correct answer is to end the interview and find a boss that isn't a knucklehead."
A third one made an interesting point: "Adding the 'my 6-year-old can solve it in 30 seconds' as a kicker... but gives said child 10-times longer to solve the equation!" Haha, talk about a clever one! But, there was no unified answer - but it looks like a good guess is 11, thanks to that one frustrated guy who showed his work to the world, using the good ol' PEMDAS acronym, which stands for Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), and Addition and Subtraction (from left to right). Whew, that's a mouthful, isn't it?
So, my friends, if you've figured out the mystery, spill the beans! What did you get?
Topics: Business, Social Media, Jobs
Enrichment Data:To solve the math problem presented by Dino Dionne, CEO of Genesis Capital Group, which is:
3 × 3 - 3 ÷ 3 + 3
we follow the order of operations, commonly remembered by the acronym PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), Addition and Subtraction (from left to right)).
Step-by-step:
- Perform multiplication and division from left to right:
- 3 × 3 = 9
- 3 ÷ 3 = 1
So the expression now is:
9 - 1 + 3
- Perform addition and subtraction from left to right:
- 9 - 1 = 8
- 8 + 3 = 11
Thus, the correct answer to the problem is 11.
- It's fascinating to see how Dino Dionne's brain-teaser has sparked discussions on various platforms, particularly on business-related social media.
- Meanwhile, on job-seeking networks like LinkedIn, the three-second math puzzle has become a trending topic, attracting both praise and criticism for its unconventional approach to the interview process.
