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Op doesn't have time for interviews
(lemmy.ml)
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I think of the interviewer ask this specific question they aren't sophisticated enough to expect anything else than the "correct" answer. The question is so old, stupid, and irrelevant that anyone smart enough to ask actual good interview questions would never lead with this.
IMO questions like this only make sense if you slightly modify them to make the "standard" answer impossible.
Then you see how the candidate reacts to curveballs.
I still think it's more useful to ask the candidate for a problem they've solved in a creative way.