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Re: Non-technical Interview Questions

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Fermi Questions are pretty useful if you need to gain an understanding of a candidates ability to process their own thoughts in an uncomfortable situation. http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum96/interdisc/classicfermi.... It depends on how you define 'best'. Do you mean the most humorous, most obscure or are you referring to non-tech questions that reveal a lot about your candidate?

The latter-- non-tech questions that reveal a lot about your candidate.

Re: Non-technical Interview Questions

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What are you proud of.

I love that question, and now I use it now whenever I interview people. You can tell pretty quickly whether you can relate to someone depending on how they answer it.

A funny question to ask, is if they know what a 418 HTTP error code is.

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