Why Are Manhole Covers Round?

Why are manhole covers round? Breaking out of the interview question norm.

As odd as it may seem, this is one of the questions asked by Google during second round interviews. They are not alone in this left-field approach. Other well-established brands have followed suit.

Click on the link below to discover a few left-field interview questions, the reason for asking them and the benefit of not always conforming to the norm.


Grant Short, PhD, ASQ CQE, CSSBB

Quality Assurance Professional

5 年

Actually, virtually ANY other shape enables it to be dropped into the manhole.

Tony Lowery

Project Controls Consultant @ L | Certified Guild Fellow of Planning & Scheduling

5 年

It makes it more difficult to drop it into the hole. A square one can be manipulated and dropped inside.

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