In your scenario, the question makes sense. Personally, the question reads like "have you ever pieced-together a computer?" and one could argue that the questi

In your scenario, the question makes sense. Personally, the question reads like "have you ever pieced-together a computer?" and one could argue that the question could weed out better candidates for certain positions. A growing number of younger engineers have only used machines that come glued-together, and never had to compare performance vs. price as they chose a CPU.`