MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc. finds almost anything on the Internet within seconds, but finding the sharp.m.inded computer engineers who program the company’s lightning-quick search engine takes more time - and a quirky bit of ingenuity.

As its rapidly growing business creates hundreds of new jobs, Google is trying to lure premier programming talent with offbeat measures, including a computer-coding competition and a brain-twisting aptitude test that mixes geek humor with a daunting mathematical workout. More