On Jul 10, 4:40 am, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > In article <mailman.1965.1341876813.4697.python-l...@python.org>, > Christian Heimes <li...@cheimes.de> wrote: > > > Am 09.07.2012 23:22, schrieb Peter: > > > One of my favourite questions when interviewing - and it was 100% reliable > > > :-) - "what are your hobbies?" > > > > If the answer included programming then they were hired, if not, then they > > > went to the "B" list. > > > on the contrary! When a potential candidate has computer stuff as her > > main hobby then she goes on the no-hire list. > > I think this points out the silliness of these kinds of questions. > There is no "right" answer. More to the point, the interviewee, when > he/she gets one of these questions, probably goes into hyper-analysis > mode: "Now, just what did he mean by that question?" He's likely to > give the answer he thinks you want to hear. > > Do you really want to make hire/no-hire decisions based on somebody's > ability to second-guess what you probably wanted to hear when you asked > a pointless question?
Add to that the Heisenberging that happens to interviewees (and interviewers) from reading this thread -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list