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It's so they can't fall in the hole, but who asks a question like that in an interview anyway? Was it a civil engineering role?
by throwanem 6y ago
It's so they can't fall in the hole, but who asks a question like that in an interview anyway? Was it a civil engineering role?
- bryik 6y ago"Why are manhole covers round" is an infamous Microsoft interview question. https://wiki.c2.com/?MicrosoftsManholeCoverQuestion https://wiki.c2.com/?MicrosoftsManholeCoverQuestion
- ptsneves 6y agoMy immediate answer would be it is because it eliminates a constraint. Thus placement is easier if alignment is not a constraint. Do not see much of a value in this kind of question except for amusement of the interviewer and check if the person is wired differently.
- throwanem 6y agoI could see it being a fun kind of question to volley back and forth and maybe get a sense of how a candidate thinks. As an interviewee I could probably have some useful fun with it, but as an interviewer I wouldn't use it that way; there are other, more relevant, questions which could serve the same purpose just as well.