I think "reason" here is implying "show me how you think (that is, your reasoning). In fact, I was impressed at how open-ended these questions were. For insta

I think "reason" here is implying "show me how you think (that is, your reasoning). In fact, I was impressed at how open-ended these questions were. For instance: "Leonidas, Pausanias, Lysander" is about as open-ended as you can get. I for one, would just create a list of interesting anagrams. (eg: Paranoia Saleslady Snide Sun) I figure it would show my moxie.