Article 60SRA Can you solve it? Are you smart enough to work for Elon Musk?

Can you solve it? Are you smart enough to work for Elon Musk?

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Alex Bellos
from Science | The Guardian on (#60SRA)

The favourite interview question of the world's richest man

UPDATE: Solutions are now posted here

In the early years of rocket company SpaceX, CEO Elon Musk liked to set job applicants the following problem:

You're standing on the surface of the Earth. You walk one mile south, one mile west and one mile north. You end up exactly where you started. Where are you?

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