Brilliant Interview Puzzles - A job interview is an opportunity to impress your potential employers by showcasing your talent and skill set. Apart from asking questions related to your experience and qualification, an interviewer may ask interview puzzles to test your lateral thinking and problem-solving skills. Preparing and answering these puzzles can increase the likelihood of getting hired for a desirable job. 00:00 Interview Puzzle - Three ants are walking in the same direction. The first ant has two ants behind him, the second ant has one in front and one behind, but the third ant has one in front and one behind too. How is this possible? 01:26 Interview Puzzle - Suppose we have 3 glasses and 10 coins. The problem is to place odd number of coins in each glass i.e. each glass should contain coins and the number of coins in each glass must be odd and total coins which will be used must be equal to 10. 03:48 Interview Puzzle - There are 3 switches in a room, where one of them is assigned for a bulb in the next room. You can’t see whether the bulb is on or off, until you leave the room. Find the minimum number of times you have to go into the room to identify which switch corresponds to the bulb in the other room. 06:52 Interview Puzzle - You are given 8 identical looking balls. One of them is heavier than the rest of the 7 (all the others weigh exactly the same). You are provided with a simple mechanical balance and you are restricted to only 2 uses. Find the heavier ball. 10:00 Interview Puzzle - Given 10 identical bottles of identical pills (each bottle contain hundred of pills). Out of 10 bottles 9 have 1 gram of pills but 1 bottle has pills of weight of 1.1 gram. Given a measurement scale, how would you find the heavy bottle? You can use the scale only once.