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Trying to sus out a candidates ability to learn and adapt is number one thing I try to do when interviewing. A question I ask a lot is “Give me an example of a time you got completely stuck on a task and how you overcame that.”
my go to question is: tell me about an time when you couldn't get something to work and how did you attempt to make it work? what did you learn from it?
Drag hates being asked that question. "Drag was stuck on a hard problem... And then drag figured it out?" Drag doesn't know how to explain inspiration. Nobody does, not even philosophers or psychologists have managed to explain that moment of insight where suddenly it all makes sense.
For me,it's usually when I read the documentation.
Don't worry, referring to yourself in third person leaves enough of an impression that what you answer probably doesn't matter all that much.
Tetris works well with others. Tetris is as Tetris does. Tetris is not a cartoon character. No really, Tetris isn't. Tetris the man enjoys playing Tetris the game. Or maybe Tetris is a game all along and Tetris has played himself.
These questions are filtering out those who aren't prepared for interview questions, not those who aren't good developers.
Maybe drag could say...