"Having read stories on the web about how some tech companies (cough, Google, cough) sometimes ask silly interview questions like "Why is a manhole round?," Tony asked his HR coach if he would have to answer a question like that."

Microsoft is the company that is/was known for asking this questions. Google is known for asking you real stuff such as explain how a linker works.

Clicking on the photos at the end brings you to "My nightmare interviewing for Google"

After reading this I wondered how much Microsoft paid for this ad. It is laid on so thick....