On Wednesday 14 April 2010 15:05:51 Peter Edwards wrote: > Funniest interview question I heard of recently (not Lovefilm) was: > "What's two to the power 14" > As in, work out the answer there and then
2^10 (1024) is roughly 10^3, so 2^4 x 2^10 is roughly 16 thousand. If you can't remember the power of two nearest to 16,000, you might have to work out 16x24 and add it on - 240 plus 12x12. It's a slightly odd question, i suppose, but not exactly hard. Perhaps i'm an old fart, but I'd expect most programmers to be able to answer that almost without pausing for breath. (And I see Nick Clark has already answered while I was typing). Jonathan