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A comment on Thomas Edison's 146 question interview for prospective employees.

Re:Thomas Edison's 146 question interview for prospective em... by iamshariq on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @04:15AM (#9216786)
I find it strange they're all WHAT, WHO & WHERE questions?

None of them are HOW and WHY questions.

Which, arguably, can give a better insight of a person's talent or intellect or his world view.

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Re:Thomas Edison's 146 question interview for prospective em... by salvadors on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @04:23AM (#9216808)
Edison defended this approach in the New York Times: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9906E4D813...
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Re:Thomas Edison's 146 question interview for prospective em... by angersock on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @01:06PM (#9219411)
What? There are clearly questions asking about how sulfuric acid is made, how glass is made, how to make paint, and so forth.
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