One question in the Microsoft interview: How many cars are there in China?

Microsoft interview question: How many cars are there in the United States?

Zhang Bing (School of Management, Fudan University): This question is not difficult. I think it may just be to test the applicant's adaptability, that is, the ability to quickly respond to irregular problems in a short period of time. My answer at the time was: How many people are there in the United States? How many of these people can drive? And how many people who can drive have the financial ability to buy a car? Have everyone who can buy a car already bought one? Once these problems are solved, the answers will naturally be known.

Enterprise response: Obviously, this is an open-answer question. It is to examine whether the candidate can think logically and creatively about a problem and quickly find a solution to the problem through this thinking. As for the answer, we obviously don't care. The direction of this question is very obvious. Whether the candidate can respond to unexpected questions in a short period of time and answer such questions logically, we also hope to get unexpected answers. Many people prepare answers by collecting such test questions on the Internet, which obviously goes against the original intention of the company. Everyone should remember: repeated answers are not good answers.