ascii 119, son on Win Alt-119. But seriously, stand up and ask for a working keyboard first. The test there is communication.

Exactly.

If someone's approach to a broken keyboard is some workaround instead of just asking for another keyboard it is a sign they handle problems very, very poorly.

It's an insurance company, maybe they want to assure that they still work even if there is something exploding. ;)

^^^this is the correct answer. as a manager I want to know if my team is experiencing an obstacle that should be simple for me to fix for them. A managers job is to remove these kind of obstacles. I don't want them wasting time with poor workarounds.

'twas meant to be a joke. but you're right, there are much better solutions, starting with "go to the closest store and buy a new keyboard".

My would be to (in order): jury-rig the keyboard to make it type "w" anyway, rebind it to some unused key, or just bring my own keyboard from home (if this would not be an interview but probational period setting).

Windows (and most OSes) also have an on screen keyboard.

It does, but having to click to type that one letter would be annoying as hell, and a last-ditch resort (after copy-pasting the letter itself from some text that contains it).