> Questions like these are typically signs of bad interviewing technique, but not always depending on how they are presented. Given that the author presents th

> Questions like these are typically signs of bad interviewing technique, but not always depending on how they are presented. Given that the author presents the exact question and includes a moderately lengthy discussion on how he uses the question, what is your evaluation in this specific case, rather than the general one? Consider, for example, this comment from the article: I’m looking for quite a few things as we go through the question. The first is their opinion of “a terabyte of data” and “5000 lookups per second.” Do they consider this to be a lot of data, or a fairly boring amount, same with the lookups per second. Leaning either way isn’t a failure, it is just information gathering for me, and referencing it against how you represented yourself in your resume, cover letter, and phone screen.