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1. First decide what kind of answer is expected (monologue or dialogue). Logic puzzles usually calls for a monologue. Design answers have single answers. Good answers show awareness that trade-offs exist.
2. Whatever you think of first is wrong. With puzzles and riddles, first obvious answer that pops into mind is not usually right answer.
3. Forget you ever learned calculus.
4. Big complicated questions usually have simple answers.
5. Simple questions often demand complicated answers.
6. “Perfectly logical beings” are not like you and me.
7. When you hit a brick wall, try to list assumptions you are making. See what happens when you reject each of these assumptions in succession.
8. When crucial information is missing in a logic puzzle, lay out possible scenarios. You’ll almost always find that you don’t need missing information to solve problem.
9. Where possible, give a good answer that interviewer has never heard before.
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William Poundstone is author of nine books, including Carl Sagan: A Life in Cosmos, Prisoner's Dilemma, Labyrinths of Reason, and popular Big Secrets series, which inspired two television network specials. He has written for Esquire, Harper's, The Economist, and New York Times Book Review, and his science writing has been nominated twice for Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Los Angeles.
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