Evacuation plan

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Question: Design an evacuation plan for this building.

This is a typical job interview question. Write your answer as though you are in an actual interview.

Examples and hints

Some interviewers will ask strange questions to see if you can think through a problem, come up with the information you’ll need to solve it, and then ask for that information—or explain how you’d find it—in a structured, logical way.

NOTE: Don't be afraid to ask questions. Part of what the interviewer wants to know is if you can figure out the right questions to ask.

For this question, some things you'll need to know include:

what sort of disaster it is that requires evacuation (different disasters will require different plans);
how many elevators and staircases are in the building;
the number of people in the building, on average;
how many exits are there to each floor and the building as a whole.

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