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0 pointslapetitejort4y ago0 comments

I like to ask what version of software they're running, and why. You might catch some change-adverse or bleeding-edge jockeys that way.

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yjftsjthsd-h4y ago

My favorite question as an interviewer is "What's your favorite OS of all time and why?"; the what is almost irrelevant and there are no right or wrong answers, but the whys are always useful/interesting (my favorite is probably a guy who raved about AIX's apparently amazing backup functionality).

wink4y ago

I raise you a "I like SuSE Linux because it's free". To this day I don't know what to make of this answer. But that was only one of many answers that led to us not continuing with that candidate.

That day I changed my stance "there are no wrong answers", but I've also asked this in the past and it can yield some good conversation material.

yjftsjthsd-h4y ago

To be clear, I meant that there are no wrong "what" answers, but there are definitely "why" answers that would reflect badly on a candidate.

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yjftsjthsd-h4y ago

wink4y ago

I raise you a "I like SuSE Linux because it's free". To this day I don't know what to make of this answer. But that was only one of many answers that led to us not continuing with that candidate.

That day I changed my stance "there are no wrong answers", but I've also asked this in the past and it can yield some good conversation material.

yjftsjthsd-h4y ago

To be clear, I meant that there are no wrong "what" answers, but there are definitely "why" answers that would reflect badly on a candidate.

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