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Logic question - You are alone on an island with these items; cigarette lighter, cell phone, 2 fuse ropes Known: - each rope is consumed by fire in 60 seconds - you can't assume constant burn rate for any portion of rope, only total time - you can't cut ropes Problem: How to measure 45 seconds
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use your celll phone!!
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-Light both end of RopeA = 30 secs -Bend Rope B in half, light both ends and the folded middle portion when rope A finish burning= 15 secs. Less
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Light both ends of RopeA and one end of RopeB. When RopeA is consumed (30 sec), light remaining end of RopeB resulting in RobeB being consume 15 seconds later making a total of 45 seconds. Less
What would you need to do or accomplish to know you have arrived in life?
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We need to have better clarity between ambition and aspiration in our life. Ambition is a stationery goal and we would arrive at it as we have already set it as one of our goals and the moment we accomplish it we get confused as we don't know where to go further. In other case as aspiration is always dynamic (ex: becoming a best human being in the world) which would keep us busy always and avoids confusion. In essence aspiration should be enhancing perception to the level where we would arrive at self-actualization state that has been highly emphasized by Stephen Kovey in one of his best seller's books(7 habits of highly effective people) Less
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We need to have better clarity between ambition and aspiration in our life. Ambition is a stationery goal and we would arrive at it as we have already set it as one of our goals and the moment we accomplish it we get confused as we don't know where to go further. In other case as aspiration is always dynamic (ex: becoming a best human being in the world) which would keep us busy always and avoids confusion. In essence aspiration should be enhancing perception to the level where we would arrive at self-actualization state that has been highly emphasized by Stephen Kovey in one of his best seller's books(7 habits of highly effective people) Less
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We need to have better clarity between ambition and aspiration in our life. Ambition is a stationery goal and we would arrive at it as we have already set it as one of our goals and the moment we accomplish it we get confused as we don't know where to go further. In other case as aspiration is always dynamic (ex: becoming a best human being in the world) which would keep us busy always and avoids confusion. In essence aspiration should be enhancing perception to the level where we would arrive at self-actualization state that has been highly emphasized by Stephen Kovey in one of his best seller's books(7 habits of highly effective people) Less
(1) Business case question has many different variables. (2) Also was asked about "career aspirations" which is odd because when asked it was clear this role has no career path within BP.
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Need to think broadly about all the different cost possibilities as well as ways to increase revenue Less
I was asked about my familiarity with ISO or FDA regulations
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I have worked in the nuclear industry and with bio research so I am familiar with procedures for quality and government regulation. I told them that I did not work directly with the regulatory body but had to ensure my work and data recording methods were compliant with the company policies. Less
What is the heat transfer equation for insulation?
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• The correct one is yearly transmission heat loss equation is Q = A (surface area of the building component) x HDD (heating degree days # of days avg temp is above 65F) x 24 hours/R (insulation values capacity of a insulating material to resist heat flow) • Q=AxHDDx24/R Less