Bill- So, I'm curious, and others probably are too. What's the most popular 'wrong' answer? :) David On 7/5/12 1:35 PM, William Herrin wrote:
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:16 PM, David Coulson <david@davidcoulson.net> wrote:
That's a horrible question for a non-technical HR person to pose to a candidate - It's impossible for the candidate to ask clarifying questions to make sure they understand what you are looking for, plus you may have a strong candidate who gets it wrong (for whatever reason), but if they were talking to a technical person you would realize they were 99% of the way there. What if they said "it would cause the generation of port-unreachable ICMP packets to cease, and applications may hang until they timeout"? Not the answer you're looking for, but not wrong either. Hi David,
To clarify: I asked HR to forward me the candidate's answer along with their resume. Just in case of answers like that one. Which would be more than enough to proceed to a phone screen directly with me.
Regards, Bill