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Exactly. The question is effectively equivalent to "have you recently taken an elementary number theory course", which, apart from being not at all a brutal mat
by shaldengeki 10y ago
Exactly. The question is effectively equivalent to "have you recently taken an elementary number theory course", which, apart from being not at all a brutal mathematics problem, is totally irrelevant to what makes a good customer support hire.
The whole interview process comes off as having been designed by someone who had no idea what they were doing.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoThe worst part is this is implied by Olaf himself where he points out that he just lucked out on that problem in a way he doesn't expect to repeat. He accidentally passed the contrived problem unrelated to the job. They were just a hair from eliminating the good candidate in the interview.