job screening question

Thu Jul 5 17:37:12 UTC 2012

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 at 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
>
>