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When I interview people, I'll often ask open-ended or incomplete questions because I want to know if the person I'm talking to has any critical thinking capacit
by icey 17y ago
When I interview people, I'll often ask open-ended or incomplete questions because I want to know if the person I'm talking to has any critical thinking capacity. If someone started down this road they wouldn't get very far before I wrapped the interview up.
The business of software development very rarely comes with a full set of instructions, I'm not sure why this guy has such a problem with being given an open-ended question (and one that should be very easy to interpret).
- nomoresecrets 17y agoMaybe, but a lot of interviewers ask questions like this because they love being smug about catching people out for not asking about requirements before starting. I was in an interview where a couple of the interviewers asked me to do something, and I asked some basic requirements. After a few questions they just started grunting non-comittally and indicated I should get on an answer the question. The feedback from these interviewers? That I didn't ask enough about the requirements/details before diving in to answering. So I have sympathy for this guy.