A couple of decades ago, I was being interviewed for a position as the support developer. The interviewer asked me to tell what a piece of code was meant to do.

A couple of decades ago, I was being interviewed for a position as the support developer. The interviewer asked me to tell what a piece of code was meant to do. I responded by by telling him that without context, the code was quite unclear. Strangely enough that was what he was looking for - someone who could recognise that the code needed further study before answering. Subsequently I was offered the job and took it. In a later interview for another position, during that interview it became very clear that they were wanting someone who would follow IT policy and NOT look after the end-user. I then couched my responses to focus on what the end-user needed. Subsequently I didn't get offered the job for which I was very happy.