St. olaf college Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Ques:- What is the average of first five prime numbers greater than 20 ?
Ques:- Out of 80 coins, one is counterfeit. What is the minimum number of weighings needed to find out the counterfeit coin?
Recent Answer : Added by Keagan Jagers On 2022-08-14 16:31:15:

79

Ques:- What is the difference between motto, goal, ambition & also difference between motivation & inspiration?
Ques:- if a car starts from A towards B with some velocity due to some problem in the engine afetr travelling 30 km .if the car goes 4/5 th of its of actual velociteythe car reaches B 45 min later to the actual time.if the car engine fails after travelling 45km the car reaches the destination B 36min late to the actual time ,wat is the initial velocity of car and what is the distance between A and B on km.
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:04:29:

20&130

Ques:- What are your long term professional goals?
Ques:- A die is thrown twice what is the probability that you get same number
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:24:

A die is thrown twice n(s)=36
The probability of getting same number is (1,1)(2,2)(3,3)
(4,4)(5,5)(6,6) i.e n(A)=6
Ans. P(A)=n(A)/n(s)
= 6/36
=1/6.
So, The Answer is 1/6

Ques:- Complete the series. 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, ?, 720
Recent Answer : Added by Harish On 2022-10-17 15:57:56:

1!=1
2!=2×1=2
3!=3x2x1=6
4!=4x3x2x1=24
5!=5x4x3x2x1=120
6!=6x5x4x3x2x1=720
The answer is 120.

Ques:- How excited are you if you get selected?
Recent Answer : Added by Thomas On 2021-11-18 17:16:33:

Very exited

Ques:- The C.P of 15 books is equal to the S.P of 18 books. Find his gain% or loss%?
Recent Answer : Added by Pawan On 2021-07-18 09:42:52:

16.25

Ques:- Describe your Typical Day?
Ques:- Where were you working before?
Ques:- A merchant has 140 litres, 260 litres, 320 litres of three kinds of oil. He wants to sell the oil by filling the three kinds separately in tins of equal volume. The volume of such a tin will be
A. 13 litres
B. 16 litres
C. 20 litres
D. 70 litres
Recent Answer : Added by anonymous On 2022-03-09 16:38:05:

20 litres
cos
140 280 320 liters oil are exactly fittable in 20 litred tin

Ques:- There are 9 balls of equal size and same weight(they look similar) except 1. How many weights required to find the dissimilar ball using a weighing balance?
Recent Answer : Added by G Dinesh On 2023-06-10 18:20:22:

Here is the solution to the given version of the puzzle (9 balls, one is heavier, need to identify oddball), where we label the balls A, B, …, I:

1. Weigh ABC versus DEF.

Scenario a: If these (1) balance, then we know the oddball is one of G, H, I.

2. Weigh G versus H.

Scenario a.i: If these (2) balance, the oddball is I.

Scenario a.ii: If these (2) do not balance, the heavier one is the oddball.

Scenario b: If these (1) do not balance, then the oddball is on the heavier side. For simplicity, assume the ABC side is heavier, so the oddball is one of A, B, C.

2. Weigh A versus B.

Scenario b.i: If these (2) balance, the oddball is C.

Scenario b.ii: If these (2) do not balance, the heavier one is the oddball.

answer is maximum of 2.

Ques:- There are two urns A and B and an equal number of red balls and blue balls.How do u place the balls in the urns such that the probability of picking up the red ball is greater?
Ques:- Find the area not occupied by circles: Given length =y breadth =x
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:10:

(1/2)*x*y

Ques:- Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man rows to a place at a distance of 105 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken by him is:
Ques:- 21 mango trees, 42 apple trees and 56 orange trees have to be planted in rows such that each row contains the same number of tress of one variety only. Minimum number of rows in which the trees may be planted is
A. 2
B. 5
C. 12
D. 17
Recent Answer : Added by Cynthia Birungi Muhumuza On 2022-08-14 16:34:45:

d

Ques:- A man shows his friend a woman sitting in a park and says that she the daughter of my grandmother’s only son. What is the relation between the two?
Recent Answer : Added by as On 2021-05-16 16:12:43:

brother and sister

Ques:- Do you prefer to be right or to be liked?
Ques:- Find out the wrong number in the series:
789, 645, 545, 481, 440, 429, 425
A. 429
B. 440
C. 481
D. 645
Recent Answer : Added by narendra On 2022-09-18 09:01:36:

b

Ques:- Are u willing to relocate? in case north india and rural areas.
Ques:- My qualification
Ques:- Corruption is the price we pay for democracy. Discuss
Ques:- A bag contains 7 green and 8 white balls. If two balls are drawn simultaneously, the probability that both are of the same colour is -.
Recent Answer : Added by Jordan On 2022-08-14 16:45:51:

I agree with @TUMWINE PETER

Ques:- Which person you admire most in your family and why?
Ques:- What is the missing number in 56 / 7 = ? – 5
Recent Answer : Added by Hakeem Nazia Begum On 2022-09-22 16:40:09:

13

Ques:- There was a race between 3 people. Me, Doug and Anne. When I take 21 steps the distance covered is equal to Doug's 24 steps and Anne's 28 steps. I take 6 steps to every 7 steps of Doug and 8 steps of Anne. Who won the race?
Recent Answer : Added by Kalyani Nanaware On 2022-08-14 16:43:09:

Doug won the race
Explanation-
The ratio of steps covered by me, Doug, and Anne is = 6:7:8

Since Distance covered in Me 21 steps = Distance covered by Doug 24 steps = Distance covered by Anne 28 steps

LCM (21, 24, 28) = 168

For a distance of 168 units, the ratio of the distance covered in each step is;
= 8 : 7 : 6
Therefore the ratio of speeds is;
= 8×6: 7×7: 6×8
= 48 : 49 : 48

Here, the speed of the Doug is more than the speed of me and Anne
Hence, Doug won the race

Ques:- In a team of 12 persons, 1/3 are women and 2/3 are men. To obtain a team with 20% women how many men should be hired?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:00:23:

12(1/3) = 4 so women = 4
==>men = 12-4 = 8
if team needs 20% of women then men Will be 80%
consider u want to hire “x” men
so,
(12+x)(80/100) = 8 + x
so, x= 8

Ques:- What is the background of your family?
Ques:- My father’s name A.Kasi, he is car driver. My mother’s name K.Lakshmi, she is housewife. I have one elder brother.

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