You notably do not provide any better alternative. Show me some other technical question that can surface useful information about a candidate's knowledge in a

You notably do not provide any better alternative. Show me some other technical question that can surface useful information about a candidate's knowledge in a typical 30-minute interview. The question is good because it both involves something most everyone does on a daily basis while providing a wide range of possible areas to explore further: there isn't any single "correct" answer that's possible to cover in a short time, but what candidates do tell you probably indicates what they're most familiar with. Candidates prepping for this question isn't much of an issue since (a) most simply don't and (b) there's always room to go further into a specific part of the transaction.