That counts as selling it. You have to create a shell corporation that owns the elephant and then create a co-ownership agreement with a zoo that guarantees that they house it in exchange for the profits that it generates.
Literally does not. I own the elephant in perpetuity and reserve the eternal right to reclaim it at any time, for any reason - I am the legal owner of record, now and forever. It's the same relationship you have with digital media, except I never took an upfront fee.
In the past, lower grade white elephants were given as gifts to the king's friends and allies. The animals needed a great deal of care and, being sacred, could not be put to work, so were a great financial burden on the recipient; only the monarch and the very rich could afford them. According to one story, white elephants were sometimes given as a present to some enemy (often a lesser noble with whom the king was displeased). The unfortunate recipient, unable to make any profit from it, and obliged to take care of it, would suffer bankruptcy and ruin.
So the only correct answer is obviously to start a rebellion and overthrow the king.
If this works, it's a flex of the king's power. The other person is bankrupted and the elephant is cared for until that happens.
On the other hand, this could also show that the king has lost a power struggle. Imagine if that lesser noble announced to the court that the king had bestowed on him a great gift, and that all the members of the court were welcome to come to the noble's estate and leave gifts for the king's elephant.
If the nobles did that, it would be a sign to the king that the court was sick of his bullshit and his rule might be in trouble. Just like he couldn't just order a noble to be punished outright and had to gift them a white elephant instead, the king presumably also couldn't forbid his court from giving gifts to this noble to help care for the elephant.
I despise these interview tactics. Don't waste my time with this. I know what they're trying to accomplish, but I don't care to play games that ultimately determine my eligibility. I'm here to do a job, do I qualify or not? I don't care about your office culture, and if this is the kind of question I'll get in an interview, that tells me all I need to know about the "culture".
Elephants are megaherbivores. They eat up to 300 kilograms (5% to 10% of their body weight) of food each day. To meet their needs, they require 50,000 to 70,000 calories daily.
Even if they're eating the cheapest plants you can buy that they can digest, that will still probably be hundreds of dollars per day.
Easy, I ignore it until it gets taken away by the authorities for neglect and for me not having a license to own an elephant. I did not sell it. I did not give it away. It was taken from me.
They're not really that strange, but I'm infuriated by questions phrased like "Have you ever thought about stealing anything?"
Even if I'd never in my life before that moment thought about stealing anything, because you have asked me that question, now I have. You may as well ask me whether not I've ever imagined a pink elephant.
I honestly love these sorts of questions. I love asking them in interviews too. There's no real right answer and it demonstrates an ability to think outside the box
The right answer is always whatever makes the interviewer think you're smart. I bullshit my way through these because I have zero respect for them. Every interview question asked to me should be directly related to the job description. Thankfully I'm a professional bullshitter and they're easy as cake because impressing people who ask those questions is usually easy by the nature of the reason the question is asked in the first place (to appear competent). Love getting those jobs though!
I only like it when it's like expected to be that way ... the problem that I see in tech interviews is that there's an expected path to solving these and they don't "actually" reward out-of-the-box thinking ... they want to nudge you to their answer and I find that boring.
The question hasn't magically given me the ability to contain or control the elephant, so realistically the elephant will decide what happens next. I don't see where I can meaningfully change the outcome.
Im going to assume that "can't give it away" also means that it can't be transferred to my next of kin. Which if you squint hard enough, means as long as the elephant lives, I must be invincible, or the "can't give it away" rule is violated.
So im gonna get creative with my newfound invincibility.
I suppose I should give the elephant a nice sanctuary to extend its life.
I think the only reasonable answer is to just leave without it. This one's on the gift giver; I can't possibly accept it. For one, it definitely can't go in my apartment, and it would cost a shit ton to keep it healthy. It would be an extraordinarily bad idea to take it under my care. I would be getting all sorts of new and exotic fines for all the damage it will do to neighborhood cars etc.
Magically make it disappear. Because this situation is so unlikely an equally unlikely solution should work. But if didn't I would walk it down the street so authorities would confiscate it, and then it would be their problem.
These are annoying in the context of a job interview. But, these are definitely interesting questions to think about. How much does an elephant eat? How much space do they need? What temperature is too cold for one? Do they need to be around other elephants, or is a loving human enough? What are the laws about privately owning an elephant? I know they can make trumpeting noises, but do they do that often? Would they annoy neighbours with their noises?
Can't give it away or sell it? Fine, I set it free. Didn't say I couldn't do that.
Candidate application status: Denied due to lack of capitalist understanding and enthusiasm. Refused to monetize valuable resource.
Elephant rent seeking behavior
Transport it on my freight train animal carrier to my 60k acre animal sanctuary where it can join the herd of other elephants I already have.
Hypothetical questions with unrealistic rules allow me to make silly answers unhindered by realism.
Indefinite free loan to an animal sanctuary.
That counts as giving it away. You'd probably need to rent it out at the steep price of €1/year.
That counts as selling it. You have to create a shell corporation that owns the elephant and then create a co-ownership agreement with a zoo that guarantees that they house it in exchange for the profits that it generates.
You're hired Mr CEO!
Literally does not. I own the elephant in perpetuity and reserve the eternal right to reclaim it at any time, for any reason - I am the legal owner of record, now and forever. It's the same relationship you have with digital media, except I never took an upfront fee.
If you still disagree, I'll see you in court.
From Wikipedia
So the only correct answer is obviously to start a rebellion and overthrow the king.
If this works, it's a flex of the king's power. The other person is bankrupted and the elephant is cared for until that happens.
On the other hand, this could also show that the king has lost a power struggle. Imagine if that lesser noble announced to the court that the king had bestowed on him a great gift, and that all the members of the court were welcome to come to the noble's estate and leave gifts for the king's elephant.
If the nobles did that, it would be a sign to the king that the court was sick of his bullshit and his rule might be in trouble. Just like he couldn't just order a noble to be punished outright and had to gift them a white elephant instead, the king presumably also couldn't forbid his court from giving gifts to this noble to help care for the elephant.
The answer to these questions is always a method of extracting wealth and donating it to the company as a good little minion should.
Edit: You won't be hired, but your ideas will be appropriated.
Oh no, my ideas on how to... checks notes... care for an elephant, will be appropriated!
the elephant needs regular exercise. why not have them walk a treadmill to power a generator... oh shit, the AI guys are gonna be all over this
I was thinking I would just contact my local homeless shelter and kill it and have it butchered and turned into food for them.
Your local billionaire can't eat elephant steaks, but hey, looks like the homeless population's gonna be set for a week.
I despise these interview tactics. Don't waste my time with this. I know what they're trying to accomplish, but I don't care to play games that ultimately determine my eligibility. I'm here to do a job, do I qualify or not? I don't care about your office culture, and if this is the kind of question I'll get in an interview, that tells me all I need to know about the "culture".
I pay someone $1 to take it, there I didn't give it away and I didn't sell it.
FYI:
Even if they're eating the cheapest plants you can buy that they can digest, that will still probably be hundreds of dollars per day.
Just gonna drop this here. Ten Interview Questions by David Thorne.
Address it
Teach it to love the taste of HR blood
Ride it into battle.
Stay tranquille Émile
Calm down Hannibal.
That still only counts as One!
Easy there Baahubali
Easy, I ignore it until it gets taken away by the authorities for neglect and for me not having a license to own an elephant. I did not sell it. I did not give it away. It was taken from me.
name him Stampy and rent him out for weddings.
Came here for this.
Stompy! But I think they are very gentle on their feet.
Put it in the room with the other one and ignore it.
Love it. Ride it. Crush my enemies with it.
Gonna have the best cosplay at the LotR convention.
Me and Stampy are riding off into the sunset.
What type of job is this? Zookeeper?
They're not really that strange, but I'm infuriated by questions phrased like "Have you ever thought about stealing anything?"
Even if I'd never in my life before that moment thought about stealing anything, because you have asked me that question, now I have. You may as well ask me whether not I've ever imagined a pink elephant.
Ignore it and pump exorbitant amounts of money on ill-advised boondoggles.
Found the AI businessman.
I acknowledge tge elephant in my room
Ride it to work every day, taking the best parking spots. Good luck trying to tow ab elephant.
Bananas work wonders for getting an elephant to follow you.
I honestly love these sorts of questions. I love asking them in interviews too. There's no real right answer and it demonstrates an ability to think outside the box
The right answer is always whatever makes the interviewer think you're smart. I bullshit my way through these because I have zero respect for them. Every interview question asked to me should be directly related to the job description. Thankfully I'm a professional bullshitter and they're easy as cake because impressing people who ask those questions is usually easy by the nature of the reason the question is asked in the first place (to appear competent). Love getting those jobs though!
I only like it when it's like expected to be that way ... the problem that I see in tech interviews is that there's an expected path to solving these and they don't "actually" reward out-of-the-box thinking ... they want to nudge you to their answer and I find that boring.
I believe google interviews throw a question like that. Where there's no right answer but they just wanna see how the interviewer answers
I release it back in the wild. It's not giving it away or selling it if it "runs away."
Ask the elephant what they want.
The question hasn't magically given me the ability to contain or control the elephant, so realistically the elephant will decide what happens next. I don't see where I can meaningfully change the outcome.
Ride it over the alps.
Im going to assume that "can't give it away" also means that it can't be transferred to my next of kin. Which if you squint hard enough, means as long as the elephant lives, I must be invincible, or the "can't give it away" rule is violated.
So im gonna get creative with my newfound invincibility.
I suppose I should give the elephant a nice sanctuary to extend its life.
That's an absurd amount of squinting. You can't give it away. When you're dead, that obligation is no longer in force.
More absurd than a free elephant?
Yes
Is this an ethical question or a logic question or a creative question
Yes.
Eat it one bite at a time.
https://medium.com/@zrehan286/approaching-a-problem-f6d6138e70d1
I think the only reasonable answer is to just leave without it. This one's on the gift giver; I can't possibly accept it. For one, it definitely can't go in my apartment, and it would cost a shit ton to keep it healthy. It would be an extraordinarily bad idea to take it under my care. I would be getting all sorts of new and exotic fines for all the damage it will do to neighborhood cars etc.
Magically make it disappear. Because this situation is so unlikely an equally unlikely solution should work. But if didn't I would walk it down the street so authorities would confiscate it, and then it would be their problem.
"Give it away"
Rules don't apply if you're making shit up
I've heard a million times that the way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time, so.... that.
I would lease it to a nature preserve that had elephants and took good care of it.
Failing that, interview zoos that take good care of their elephants.
How are you going to give/sell it to the zoo if you cannot give it/sell it?
$1 per year lease.
These are annoying in the context of a job interview. But, these are definitely interesting questions to think about. How much does an elephant eat? How much space do they need? What temperature is too cold for one? Do they need to be around other elephants, or is a loving human enough? What are the laws about privately owning an elephant? I know they can make trumpeting noises, but do they do that often? Would they annoy neighbours with their noises?
I would trade it away
I put on Harry Nilsson's Best Friend and do a goofy video montage of us getting into all kinds of shenanigans
Paint it white
Take it on interviews, of course.
The local zoo says that's illegal.
I can't give it away or sell it, but nothing says can't trade it for something more practical (as long as it's not money.)
I hear elephant meat is quite tasty actually.
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Simple turn it into a Hadoop cluster
We're having a really big barbecue, and everybody is invited!
I think that constitutes giving it away. You'd have to eat it all yourself.