<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Unfortunately what has happened is that these days the task of interviewing candidates is not done by a "professional HR" person, for lack of a better word, and is assigned to a variety of existing employees, that are not always perhaps cognizant of those finer points. And what you end up with is an interview turned into one or more quiz sessions between the interviewers and the candidate.<br><br>mohsen<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> James Coplin <james@ticalun.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> deeplfo
<deeplfo@yahoo.com>; Music-bar <music-bar@lists.music-bar.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:51 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: !@#!@$ interview question, wtf ..<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv679113890"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv679113890WordSection1"><div class="yiv679113890MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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></div>
<div class="yiv679113890MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d;"> </span></font></div><div class="yiv679113890MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d;">James R. Coplin</span></font></div>
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<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv679113890MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org</a> [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org" target="_blank" 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></div>
</div></div><div class="yiv679113890MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></font></div><div><div><div class="yiv679113890MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">And I'm 100% positive that you will use that info on your next project :-)</span></font></div>
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<font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> </span></font></div></div><div><div class="yiv679113890MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">.... needless to say I hate impromptu interview questions like that....</span></font></div>
</div><div><div class="yiv679113890MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"> </span></font></div></div><div><div class="yiv679113890MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">Mohsen</span></font></div>
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