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Well, I don't necessarily disagree that one should know that. But what for? The way you describe it sounds more like you boiled it down to a pure math question.
So not sure if I agree about that being an indicator of whether or not that makes you ready for that line of work.
Exactly. It's easy to forget that half the purpose of screening is to weed out people who aren't right. Such a question may not be able to quantifiably prove any one candidate is qualified, but we can determine several candidates aren't.
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Well, I don't necessarily disagree that one should know that. But what for? The way you describe it sounds more like you boiled it down to a pure math question.
So not sure if I agree about that being an indicator of whether or not that makes you ready for that line of work.
That one is a softball question to get them loosened up. No it doesn't indicate they're ready for the job but can certainly indicate they're not
Exactly. It's easy to forget that half the purpose of screening is to weed out people who aren't right. Such a question may not be able to quantifiably prove any one candidate is qualified, but we can determine several candidates aren't.