<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><div>The point is not if it is a reasonable question. The point is to let the candidate solve a problem. Show me how you'd try to solve it. Show how they think. Everyone's answer would be different. </div><div><br></div><div>We could easily argue that not too many people can name the purpose of every file in /etc. At least not in super level detail. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>On Jul 24, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Tim Randles <<a href="mailto:tim.randles@gmail.com">tim.randles@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">Candidate: "I would need several megawatts of power. Please ask me a serious question."<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 24, 2014 7:37 PM, "Angelo McComis" <<a href="mailto:angelo@mccomis.com">angelo@mccomis.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Speaking of tests, this came up on another list where I participate...<br>
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Ask the candidate how they would go about presenting a very large sum of disk - say 700 PB to a system. What would you need, how would you go about it?<br>
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Would really let you see how the person thinks through a problem.<br>
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