I know its not the point but think the right answer is to ask questions to better understand the use case. what language is being used?, what is the nature of

I know its not the point but think the right answer is to ask questions to better understand the use case. what language is being used?, what is the nature of the message?, who is sending it? Is there a format? do we have a log of manually decoded messages? I could see not hiring someone if they didnt try to ask stuff like that. As a way to weed out people who just fill requirements without questioning if the requirement actually solves the problem.