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It's not a terrible list, but #10 and #4 are fine, IMHO.

• 082349872349872 4y ago
  #10 is not only fine, but ought to be mandatory. How can you expect anyone ever to "engineer" something if they are not capable of making (and refining) rough estimates? Sure, often you just have to measure. But I'd much rather work with the person who can get an order-of-magnitude estimate from a 10 minute measure than the person who gets a reasonably accurate estimate but only after taking half a day to set up the experiment.
  • 082349872349872 4y ago
    Come to think of it, #10 is now top of my "reverse interview" question list. > All these riddles are aimed to reveal the person’s creative nature. They aren't riddles, nor do they require creativity. Fermi questions exercise a basic skill: estimation. Bread and butter.