The idea behind the questions aren't bad.  The point of the questions is to see how someone works through a problem.  Even if they can't figure out the answer, the way they try to work it out is what is important.<p>However, a few of these questions have been used so much they have become cliche.  Rather than test how someone works through a problem, they merely tell the employer if the candidate has heard it already.  Any employer who asks any of these questions is lazy, plain and simple.<p>That being said, here are the questions (from a later post): <a href="http://www.codeslate.com/2007/02/survivor-answers.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.codeslate.com/2007/02/survivor-answers.html</a>