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Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by elmersglue on Saturday September 12, 2020 @01:04PM (#24453809)
People assume interviews are to prove technical competence. Answering with “Google it” is more of a test of someone’s humour. While in practice it might be true that you’d Google it, most people have been conditioned by the education system to answer with something more substantive and demonstrative of their technical thinking ability.
Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by hashkb on Sunday September 13, 2020 @10:44AM (#24461178)
I'm not responsible for your conditioning. I want you to tell me the truth. If you're playing a game in your mind that causes you to give me a more complex answer than you need because you think that's what I want to hear, you're going to have similar pathology as an employee and IMO this is a great screen for exactly that!

Edit: doing any "technical" work prior to doing research is a display of technical INcompetence.