Ask HN: What have you found the most useful interview question to be?

Re:Ask HN: What have you found the most useful interview que... by insomniacity on Monday February 04, 2019 @04:33PM (#19080857)

I've read the other comments, but I'm still not enlightened as to the request for another copy of the resume.

It's an interview - who on earth is going to fail this particular item? Do you mean during the interview? Or after, like the 'interesting article'?

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Re:Ask HN: What have you found the most useful interview que... by projectramo on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @07:33AM (#19084703)

During the interview, I will say something like I have the physical copy in front of me but would you please send me another copy in my email?

I think their assumption may be that someone printed it out for me, but didn't forward the email. Or that it was accidentally deleted.

I don't pretend I've never seen the resume, and I do ask questions about the resume.

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Re:Ask HN: What have you found the most useful interview que... by itronitron on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:25AM (#19083932)

It's a test of the candidate's willingness to repeat something they have done in order to accommodate either a system glitch or colleague's mistake/oversight.

I have worked with people who would sincerely reply that they already submitted the resume, and others that might take it as a personal insult that their resume was 'lost'.

This filters out those types of people, as well as those that aren't very interested in getting hired for the position.

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