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Why is it a bad thing? It's off the cuff, and likely less filtered than a prepared statement. If they end up somewhere sensible, then your interview process act
by lostcolony 6y ago
Why is it a bad thing? It's off the cuff, and likely less filtered than a prepared statement. If they end up somewhere sensible, then your interview process actually worked; you found someone who when confronted with a new problem, is able to think sensibly about it, even in an interview situation.
- gwbas1c 6y agoBecause if you're talking without knowing what you're going to say, you're not thinking about the problem at hand. The right thing to do is to narrate what you're thinking about. It's very different than starting a sentence without knowing what you're going to say.
- lostcolony 6y ago"you're not thinking about the problem at hand." But OP said he ended up somewhere sensible. He -was- thinking about the problem at hand. As he spoke. He got there in a roundabout fashion, perhaps, and had to think quickly, but it's still -valid-. He's not just bullshitting the interviewer (which is very noticeable and easy to suss out, and never ends anywhere sensible).