I don't know about you, but this part of the interview is for me just another annoying obstacle on the way to get the job.
The "Have you ever thought about how GPS works?" question gets a scripted "No, but <blah blah blah>" answer. It's fully automatic, because there are now two possibilities:
- I have thought about GPS before. I will now fake my creative process. No hard feelings, but you are just another obstacle for me to get the job, that's it.
- I have never thought about GPS before. We will now try to design "together" a super-complicated system having so many boundaries and hidden constraints, while I will be also panicking on the inside the whole time. No wait, that would be dumb. I know, I will just refuse to discuss it further. Next question.
(Also, TIL that "flack" in addition to its primary meaning is apparently an acceptable spelling of "flak" too.)
The "Have you ever thought about how GPS works?" question gets a scripted "No, but <blah blah blah>" answer. It's fully automatic, because there are now two possibilities:
- I have thought about GPS before. I will now fake my creative process. No hard feelings, but you are just another obstacle for me to get the job, that's it.
- I have never thought about GPS before. We will now try to design "together" a super-complicated system having so many boundaries and hidden constraints, while I will be also panicking on the inside the whole time. No wait, that would be dumb. I know, I will just refuse to discuss it further. Next question.
(Also, TIL that "flack" in addition to its primary meaning is apparently an acceptable spelling of "flak" too.)