L'optimisme, ce n'est pas le refus de voir ce qui ne va pas, c'est le désir de ne pas s'y attarder. // Donne moi le courage de changer les choses que je peux changer, la sérénité d'accepter celles que je ne peux pas changer, et la sagesse de distinguer entre les deux. (Marc Aurèle) // Don't raise your voice; improve your argument. (Desmond Tutu) // Be the change you want to see in the world. (Gandhi)

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The GLAT (Google Labs Aptitude Test) is about technique and creativity :

.. Creativity
* Question 2 : Write a Haiku describing possible methods for predicting search traffic seasonality
* Question 9 : This space intentionally blank. Please fill it with something that improves on emptiness.
* Question 14: What will be the next great improvement in search technology?

(by the way a good to have ideas!)
* Question 15: What is the optimal size of a project team above which additional members do not contribute productivity equivalent to the percentage increase in the staff size?
* Question 21: In 29 words or fewer, describe what you would strive to accomplish if you worked at Google Labs.

..Technique
* Question 1: Solve this cryptic equation, realizing of course that values for M and E could be interchanged. No leading zeros are allowed. WWWDOT - GOOGLE = DOTCOM
* Question 3: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221. What is the next line?
* Question 8: How many ways can you color an icosahedron with one of three colors on each face?
* Question 12: In your opinion, what is the most beautiful math equation ever derived?
* Question 17: Consider a function which, for a given whole number n, returns the number of ones required when writing out all numbers between 0 and n. For example, f(13)=6. Notice that f(1)=1. What is the next largest n such that f(n)=n?

All the questions and answers @
the Google Story

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