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Microsoft popularized the question of why [[manhole covers]] are typically round (in some countries) when they began asking it as a job interview question.<ref name="Poundstone" /><ref name="Davis">{{cite web|last=Davis |first=Jim |url=http://www.joblossguide.com/2009/02/why-are-manhole-covers-round_10.html |title=Why Are Manhole Covers Round? |publisher=Joblossguide.com |date=2009-02-10 |access-date=2011-04-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612064454/http://www.joblossguide.com/2009/02/why-are-manhole-covers-round_10.html |archive-date=June 12, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> Originally meant as a psychological assessment of how one approaches a question with more than one correct answer, the problem has produced a number of alternative explanations, from the [[tautology (rhetoric)|tautological]] ("Manhole covers are round because manholes are round.")<ref name="Poundstone" /> to the philosophical.
By 2012, the practice of asking [[lateral thinking]] questions had declined at companies including Microsoft and Google. A paper by [[San Francisco State University]] associate professor of psychology Chris Wright found that puzzle interview questions annoyed job applicants. "Methods that had a transparent relationship between test content and job duties, such as interviews, work samples, and reference checks were perceived more favorably," Wright wrote in a research paper entitled "Why Are Manhole Covers Round? A Laboratory Study of Reactions to Puzzle Interviews".<ref name="time-2012">{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Martha C. |title=No-Brainer: ‘Brainteaser’ Job Interview Questions Don’t Work |url=https://business.time.com/2012/10/23/no-brainer-brainteaser-job-interview-questions-dont-work/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |work=Time |date=October 23, 2012}}</ref>
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