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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Alex Bellos

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

Musk

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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