Richard wrote:
...or maybe not since you presumbaly wouldn't hire
the person who was
put off by being asked to solve an irrelevant puzzle. This reasoning
sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
In the context of a job interview? If you presumed to second-guess
what I present as relevant, I certainly wouldn't hire you.
Every job I've ever had (and every job I've ever run, for that
matter) occasionally involved some gratuitous hoop-jumping. If you're
going to get pissy about that and I'm responsible for your performance,
that's something I'd like to find out during the interview.
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