Python Interview Questions

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On Jul 10, 4:40 am, Roy Smith <r... at panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.1965.1341876813.4697.python-l... at python.org>,
>  Christian Heimes <li... at cheimes.de> wrote:
>
> > Am 09.07.2012 23:22, schrieb Peter:
> > > One of my favourite questions when interviewing - and it was 100% reliable
> > > :-) - "what are your hobbies?"
>
> > > If the answer included programming then they were hired, if not, then they
> > > went to the "B" list.
>
> > on the contrary! When a potential candidate has computer stuff as her
> > main hobby then she goes on the no-hire list.
>
> I think this points out the silliness of these kinds of questions.
> There is no "right" answer.  More to the point, the interviewee, when
> he/she gets one of these questions, probably goes into hyper-analysis
> mode: "Now, just what did he mean by that question?"  He's likely to
> give the answer he thinks you want to hear.
>
> Do you really want to make hire/no-hire decisions based on somebody's
> ability to second-guess what you probably wanted to hear when you asked
> a pointless question?

Add to that the Heisenberging that happens to interviewees (and
interviewers) from reading this thread