Andreas wrote
To ask these sort of questions in a job interview is downright idiotic.
When I read these geeky puzzles and trick questions yesterday evening my first thought was that idiot savants (now frequently called autistic savants) would do extremely well at many of them. They would hardly stimulate anyone who was already highly creative to further creativeness.
Andreas further says
If a manager asks trick questions, the manager is a moron. It shows that he has no idea how to interview. Upon being asked any of the questions below, the candidate should stand up, say "thank you", and leave.
Andreas is politer than me. Robert Paul Mutton College ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html