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Can You Solve Elon Musk's Favorite Interview Riddle?

Surviving an interview with Elon Musk is not for the faint of heart.

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Surviving an interview with Elon Musk is not for the faint of heart.

The well known co-founder of PayPal and Tesla Motors and the sole founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has a rather peculiar riddle he likes to ask when interviewing a potentially new employee.

According to Mashable, Musk is known to appear disinterested while interviewing candidates. After he has finished asking his questions, he throws out a difficult riddle for potential candidates to answer, as noted in a recent authorized biography.

Here is the riddle Elon Musk asks:

"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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Can  you find the location?

In the video below, MindYourDecisions discusses this tough riddle and explains some of the potential solutions, of which there are an infinite number. Don’t worry if you weren’t able to solve it, not many people can!

 

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