Perry,
I am not saying that I will ask only logical, irellevant, crazy (call them what you want) questions, but from what I have read and my experience being the interviewee I think it can be usefull for the interviewer to ask that type of questions. Of course I will also ask: "Name 3 things you like" and "Name 3 thinks you dislike" and "5 positive adjectives that describe you" and "3 negative things about you". Those are the questions I hate and find irrelevant and just dumb but I have answered them in the past lol

And I won't forget: "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" and "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"

It is a geeky business and I want a geek (with a good personality, just like me <bg>)

>I would tend to agree with the folks who don't like to ask these kind of questions in interviews.
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>I think the first thing you've accomplished by asking these types of questions is to reduce your potential hire pool to only those who are able to answer questions under pressure.
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>I had an interview several years ago at a place where they required you to take the online brainbrench test. When I went to visit them they seemed to be very happy they were hardcore geeks. They seemed to want to put me on the spot. I kind of gave up answering their questions. Their office was out in the middle of nowhere. And after a while I was like, do I want to drive all this way for this?
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>I am now responsible for a group of programmers, and we are looking to hire. A large percentage of the resumes I have seen include some experience at that place.
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>I guess what I'm trying to say is that asking the type of questions you're hoping to ask don't have any bearing on wether the interviewee would be a good fit for the position.
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>I think getting a feel for their personality and questioning them on a situation that you've encountered in your daily worklife would be a much better judge of how they fit.
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>>>>>So, why are manhole covers round?
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>>>>To prevent the manhole cover from falling into the manhole.
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>>>>Einar
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>>>And because manholes are round.
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>>LMAO Yes. I think I would accept that answer as a "correct" answer as long as the interviewee laughed after saying that. Bonus points if (s)he after laughing gave me the answer I was looking for.