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How is "What's the angle between clock hands when it's 3:15?" a trick question? It's not 0.
by andreareina 7y ago
How is "What's the angle between clock hands when it's 3:15?" a trick question? It's not 0.
- kureikain 7y agoI was asked that question 2 times in different companies. At the first time I apparently forgot the the Hour stick will move a little bit when the Minute stick move to 15. I guess it's a trick question when we can easily forgot that fact. My brain is train that way that when it's 3 then the Hour stick is at 3...
- andreareina 7y agoWow it had not even occurred to me that anyone would not remember that the hour hand ticks forward a bit every minute. Blind spots and all that. Also just reinforces how much I dislike trivia and trick questions.
- ardit33 7y agosome clocks do that though (move the clock hand in discrete steps)
- Lewton 7y agoIt's kind of a trick question because it's trivial unless you forget that the hour clock hand doesn't move?
- zozbot234 7y agoIt's a trick question because it depends on the clock. :-P
- andreareina 7y agoAnd I'd probably be surprised at just how common it is to forget that. Not that forgetting (or remembering) provides any information as to whether someone's a good SWE or not.