Re: job screening question

[David Coulson <david () davidcoulson net>]

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