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Re:In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal by yen223 on Thursday June 20, 2013 @09:51AM (#5912022)
Not sure what the point of this question is. It seems all it does is to test whether the candidate has heard of Monopoly.
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Re:In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal by jimmaswell on Thursday June 20, 2013 @11:41AM (#5912723)
I'm familiar with Monopoly and I didn't think of Monopoly when I read the question.
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Re:In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal by s_kilk on Friday June 21, 2013 @07:12AM (#5917433)
Simple, the point is to boost the interviewers ego, nothing more. This example is the kind of mean-spirited bullshit that leads me to loathe brain-teasers.
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