I am currently job hunting, so I get the chance to experience various SPI tests from different companies. Some were only personality test, some were like picture-based puzzle solving, some had the option for English. This one was probably the craziest and downright impossible.
15 questions max 15 minutes, means in average 1 minute per question. The pages were locked so you can't copy paste. And, everything "was" in Japanese so the difficulty increased tenfold.
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#1 Please answer the number that goes in the circle.
The numbers are arranged according to a certain rule:
3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, …
In this case, the 50th number is ○.
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#2 Please answer the number that goes in the circle.
You are talking to a friend about some snacks he has.
You: Those gummy candies look delicious.
Friend: This bag contains lots of each of three types of gummy candy: apple, mandarin orange, and grape. Do you want to try some?
You: I want to try it.
Friend: Then you can take two.
You: Thank you.
There are 〇 ways for you to choose two gummies.
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#3 Please answer the number that goes in the circle.
Six people, A, B, C, D, E, and F, sat at a round table. Below are some comments about it.
Person A: It wasn't next to D.
Person B: C wasn't directly in front of me.
C: E was sitting next to me.
Person D: C wasn't next to me.
E: A was sitting next to me on the right.
Mr. F: A wasn't in front of me.
In this case, if we refer to the person to A's left as number 1, the person to the left of that as number 2, then F is sitting in ○th place.
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#4 A and B are discussing the results of a survey on commuting methods conducted at their company.
Mr. A: There were 100 employees who commuted by train.
Mr. B: Apparently that's 5/9 of the total number of employees.
Person A: There aren't many people who commute by car or on foot.
At this time, the company has 〇 employees.
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#5 Eight people in their first year and 12 people in their second year each took the general knowledge test. The average score for the first-year employees was 64 points, and the overall average score was 67 points. In this case, the average score for the second-year employees alone was ○ points.
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#6 There is a two-digit natural number whose ones digit is 8. If you swap the ones and tens digits and the resulting number is 36 greater than the original number, then the original number is ○.
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#7 Please answer the number that goes in the circle.
500 parts were checked for defects. 400 parts were examined and the rate of good parts was 76.5%. In this case, the overall rate of good parts will be 80% when there are ○ defective parts among the remaining 100 parts.
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#8 From the table above, the operating profit margin (= operating profit ÷ sales) for 2015 is 0%. (If your answer is a decimal, please round it off to the nearest whole number.)
*There's a picture for this so please skip this question.
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#9 When purchasing a certain office supply, Company A and Company B were shortlisted. After negotiating with each company, Company A offered a 35% discount off the list price, and Company B offered a 500 yen discount off the list price. As a result, purchasing from Company A was 270 yen cheaper than purchasing from Company B. In this case, the list price of the office supply is ○ yen.
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#10 To do a certain job, it takes person A 30 days and person B 15 days. If person B does the job in 10 days and person A does the rest, person A will work for ○ days.
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#11 There is an item whose cost price is 1,300 yen. The list price for this item is set with a 30% profit margin in mind. In this case, the list price is ○ yen.
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#12 There are ○ ways to choose 3 employees from 7 employees.
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#13 Friend: What's that?
You: It's a ping pong ball.
Friend: That brings back memories. Try dropping it once.
You: Okay. This ping pong ball is designed to bounce 70% of its height when dropped from above.
Friend: I measured the height before dropping it and it looks like it was 300cm.
The height after dropping is ○ cm.
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#14 Person A purchased several items at 200 yen each, and Person B purchased several items at 160 yen each. Person A purchased 6 more items than Person B, and paid 1,360 yen more. Person A purchased ○ items.
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#15 If you toss three coins and want to find the probability that two will land on heads and one will land on tails, the denominator will be 8 and the numerator will be a fraction with a square root of 0.
However, the probability that the coin will land on heads and tails is 1/2.
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by shionemi