How to answer "Give an example of logical thinking to solve a problem?"?

What kind of job? Say what you usually would do if you were in a difficult situation. Would you step right in and take care of it? Would you calm people down first? Would you get help immediately? Depends on your job, really.

Troubleshooting.
The light won’t turn on. From this we may infer either No Power, Bad Circuit, or Bad Lightbulb.
If other lights and appliances on the same circuit work, then the problem is very probably a Bad Lightbulb. If they do not, yous hould check the breaker. If the breaker is on but there is no power going through the circuit, you probably have a Bad Circuit and would do well to call an electrician or gripe to @jerv. If all of the breakers are in the ‘on’ position yet there is no power, then you have No Power, and either didn’t pay your bill or there’s a break in the grid between the plant and your house.

Comprehend the problem – Timmy has fallen into the well…..again.
Represent the problem in formal terms. – He needs to get out but I have not thumbs.
Plan a solution. – I have legs and can bark. I can run and get help from another human.
Execute the plan. – Run and get Uncle Bob, not weird Uncle Ned who just sits there clucking like a chicken. Bark and run around excitedly ‘till he follows you back to the well.
Interpret and evaluate the solution. – Uncle Bob, who does have thumbs, got Timmy out using a rope, The plan worked out. Remember this so that next time you have the solution ready to implement.

You’re gonna wanna keep it simple, mainly because true logic, effective logic cannot have any fallacy or guesswork involved. This is why math and logic go hand in hand.

So, you’ve heard of syllogisms (maybe not by that name, but the concept). It’s a logic statement and often goes along the lines of “If – Then” statements. Example: All flies are bugs, all bugs are small, therefore all flies are small. This is just to illustrate the sort of factual train of thought and conclusions involved in logical thinking, and the reason to keep it simple. Computers and circuitry use logic as the primary basis of their functions.

Because if you start involving variables (such as limiting the possible reasons a light bulb wouldn’t work to only 3), or add extra steps (such as in rojo’s example), it gets tricky and the logical thinking dissipates into assumptions and fallacy. Don’t get me wrong, those five steps are tried-and-true problem solving steps, but it doesn’t apply to everything.

SO… that being said, keep it simple and make the scenario a ‘slam-dunk’ as far as bridging the gap between problem and solution.

@gambitking That kind of thinking can also lead to logical fallacies however.

Consider:

All fish live in the sea.
All dolphins live in the sea.
Therefore All dolphins are fish.

Lol, they didn’t even ask me this question. Anyways the interview went really great but of course great doesn’t always mean you get the job. I will hear back first week of August because they have more people to interview with next week….I hope they don’t forget about me.

It kinda sucks because I went to the WRONG building that was 20 minutes away. It’s very confusing and easy mistake because they have two different centers with the same name address but different “city/town”. I was like “Oh my gosh!” but luckily I had 45 minutes to spare since I went super early.

My boyfriend’s sister told them I went to the wrong building. I hope that doesn’t hurt my chances with detail but she said it happens a lot and people are late. I shouldn’t worry because I was still early.

Anyways, I wonder how it works when they decide who to hire. I met with two people (supervisor and generalist) and then (supervisor and manager). Separate room and times.

Maybe it will count in your favor that you gave yourself extra time and managed to show up on time even though you got lost. Good luck!

Thanks. I am going up against many candidates..