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Invariably, this means that they're about to ask you a brain teaser. I refuse to answer brain teasers. It may have cost me a few opportunities throughout the years, but if an interviewer can't come up with a better question than "how does the pirate get the gold rope", it's probably not someplace I'd be happy working anyway.Originally posted by A Bhattacharya:
Sometimes in interviews they ask a qn, and ask you whether you have heard it before.
Originally posted by Bear Bibeault:
Invariably, this means that they're about to ask you a brain teaser. I refuse to answer brain teasers. It may have cost me a few opportunities throughout the years, but if an interviewer can't come up with a better question than "how does the pirate get the gold rope", it's probably not someplace I'd be happy working anyway.
Originally posted by A Bhattacharya:
You are wrong. The questions are not always indicative of the nature of the job. They more often reflect the color of the interviewer than the color of the job. Many many job interviews ask pirate, rope burning, bridge crossing, minimum number of weighings, and what not.
Wrong? You cannot say what is wrong or right for me.Originally posted by A Bhattacharya:
You are wrong.
Indeed. If a company cannot match me up with someone who knows how to interview, that tells me that it's not going to work out.Originally posted by Ben Souther:
The fact that the company is using an interviewer who asks these types of questions says something.
"The differential equations that describe dynamic interactions of power generators are similar to that of the gravitational interplay among celestial bodies, which is chaotic in nature."
Originally posted by Bear Bibeault:
Invariably, this means that they're about to ask you a brain teaser. I refuse to answer brain teasers. It may have cost me a few opportunities throughout the years, but if an interviewer can't come up with a better question than "how does the pirate get the gold rope", it's probably not someplace I'd be happy working anyway.
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
(...snip...)I strongly disagree,...(...snip...)
"The differential equations that describe dynamic interactions of power generators are similar to that of the gravitational interplay among celestial bodies, which is chaotic in nature."
Actually, didn't we have this discussion a few years back?Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
I strongly disagree, but before I explain why, what questions would you ask?
"The differential equations that describe dynamic interactions of power generators are similar to that of the gravitational interplay among celestial bodies, which is chaotic in nature."
Originally posted by Bear Bibeault:
Actually, didn't we have this discussion a few years back?![]()
I expect questions to be relevant to my experience (with over 30 years, there's got to be something better to talk about than transporting chickens across the river).
I know you and other may disagree, but I don't think brain teasers are a good tool for judging a candidate, especially one with experience under their belts. It's not a case of "I'm too good for brain teasers", -- I just don't find them useful. I know many people who are great at their jobs, myself included, who do poorly on them. Does that make me dumb? A poor choice for a position that I will excel at?
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
"The differential equations that describe dynamic interactions of power generators are similar to that of the gravitational interplay among celestial bodies, which is chaotic in nature."
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
You said you don't find them useful. Fair enough, but that's your preference and not your interviewer's. The job of the interviewer is to determine who is most qualified, if this tool works best for him and not for you, who are you to say otherwise?
Originally posted by Bear Bibeault:
From this it is clear that you see an interview as a one-way street for the sole purpose of the interviewer. The needs of the interviwee don't matter.
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
Originally posted by A Bhattacharya:
Sometimes in interviews they ask a qn, and ask you whether you have heard it before. If you have (and knew the answer without having to exert your grey matter), would you admit it?
Going a level further in honesty, would you admit you have heard a question without them asking you whether you have heard it? And if you do admit it, and so they waive that question and ask another question for which you can't able to answer (and lose the interview), would you bang your head on the wall after you go home?
[ May 12, 2008: Message edited by: A Bhattacharya ]
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(you) cheated the interviewer
"The differential equations that describe dynamic interactions of power generators are similar to that of the gravitational interplay among celestial bodies, which is chaotic in nature."
Originally posted by A Bhattacharya:
By the way, I lost an interview *because* I had heard of the question but I didn't notice the question had been modified from its original version. It was the Russian Roulette problem and he had interchanged the number of holes and bullets and I gave the answer 1/2 which was for the original version (and that too, after pretending to think for a while). Downside of preparing too much for an interview.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
(...snip...)Honesty is one of my most important values.(...snip...)
Originally posted by Nicholas Jordan:
Define Honest.
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Originally posted by Nicholas Jordan:
Define Honest. Use illustrative contexts in as varied a fashion as you can provide reasonable basis for.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
Honestly, I'm reluctant to put the energy into following this request without knowing the motivation behind it. How would knowing my definition of honesty help you or the original poster?
"The differential equations that describe dynamic interactions of power generators are similar to that of the gravitational interplay among celestial bodies, which is chaotic in nature."
Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
Honesty is one of my most important values.
Helping hands are much better than the praying lips
Originally posted by Rambo Prasad:
I feel puzzle and brain teaser interviews are much better than interviews which test your API Knowledge....I once attended an interview where each and every question was basically an API question.What is the interface that this class should implement...?What is the vi command to do this,that etc..All the questions asked where this sort of questions...
After the telephonic interview I was called for the second round,but I felt the second round will be too much of a torture and said I am no longer interested.