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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I used to use questions like this one (and some *<b><span style="font-weight:bold">way</span></b>* harder) during an interview. It wasn’t necessarily that I wanted the answer but how the person responded spoke volumes. People who immediately quit or wildly guessed to get it “off the list” were not good candidates. Ones who thought about it were possibilities. Those who thought about it and puzzled through it while continuing on, especially those who kept circling back to it were what I was looking for. I wanted problem solvers who could grind but also stay on task while thinking about things.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">James R. Coplin</span></font></p>
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<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>deeplfo<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 17, 2012 11:50 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Music-bar<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: !@#!@$ interview question, wtf ..</span></font></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">And I'm 100% positive that you will use that info on your next project :-)</span></font></p>
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<font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">.... needless to say I hate impromptu interview questions like that....</span></font></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Mohsen</span></font></p>
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