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Subject:Bringing "Mental Gymnast" back On Topic From:Tom Murrell <trmurrell -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:00:12 -0800 (PST)
Believe it or not, I think it is possible to rescue this topic (except from those
who have already created rules to kill-file it).
Often, the purpose of some interview questions is not to get a 'right' or 'wrong'
answer from the candidate. Often the purpose is to assess how the candidate handles
the answer.
For example, do you have to be right, or can you acknowledge that you don't know
everything? For another, the answer you come up with is value-less, but the
reasoning you use to justify the answer is very revealing of how you problem-solve,
how you present your arguments, and what you consider justification. Your answer can
even reveal how you feel about performing tasks that may not seem to be related to
what you think your responsibilities are.
So, it really doesn't matter which door you pick. What matters is how you handle the
whole situation. There are lots of interview questions that are intended to elicit
just that sort of information. None of them are perfect, but all of them can be revealing.
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