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I've heard these guys ask a lot of brain teasers too. I'm not looking for confirmation bias to not go ahead and prep, but to be quite honest I am just not very smart to answer those types of questions and can never think straight on those. 

 
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Those questions are absolutely awful and no matter what you read on the subject there is really no way to prepare for them, sorry I tried for years and I could never get them (I landed at a BB top group too btw so dont sweat it).. 

IF you get a brain teaser, just give them SOMETHING, literally anything that shows you are thinking it through, throw some numbers out and see if they are receptive, write it down on paper, and try to come up with anything that is relatable to a solution, sometimes the interviewer will throw hints down, and this will help guide you as you continue to answer. Brain teasers are pretty awful and dont really measure anything except how much of an ass the interviewer is, they will normally ask these questions with a half smirk on too knowing they are a total POS... good luck, srry for rant on these I just hated them as well, I wouldnt spend time trying to look through guides on them or anything, you will most likely never get asked the same one twice

 

Thanks, I really appreciate the advice made me feel better. I'm not going to spend time worrying about that at all then.

 

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