Testing people's knowledge - Deepstash

Testing people's knowledge

If you're a skilled interviewer, you know you can get around people faking their expertise: by testing people's knowledge and skills. But many interviewers don't even know what kind of knowledge and skills they're looking for.

So they ask brain teasers, like, "How many paperclips would fill Yankee Stadium," or "How many elevators are there in America?" Those kinds of questions can stump candidates and make interviewers feel clever. 

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