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Questions are often under specified for exactly this reason: to test ability to ask questions when necessary. Even if the problem is fully specified, asking cl

• alacombe 9y ago
  > Questions are often under specified for exactly this reason: to test ability to ask questions when necessary. Unless you deviate from the script the [incompetent] interviewer expect, in which case, you are toasted.
  • amarkov 9y ago
    If you can't make yourself understood to the average engineer at a company, I think it's fair to say there's not a good fit between you and the company.
    • alacombe 9y ago
      s/engineers/managers/... Who probably ended up there to limit their collateral damage to the company, ie. followed the Peter principle.
      • khedoros1 9y ago
        I'd say that if you're in a technical interview with a non-technical manager, you may've chosen the wrong company to interview with. And if it's a non-technical portion of the interview and you have trouble making yourself understood (to a manager), you're back to the "it's not a good fit" conclusion.
        • alacombe 9y ago
          It was definitively the "technical interview with a non-technical manager", and yes, I do agree with you, but it's difficult to judge companies beforehand.
          • khedoros1 9y ago
            Fair enough; unfortunate that they put you in that situation.