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I'll firmly disagree. I find logic questions, and how they solve a problem vastly more important than other aspects of the interview.

I'm often looking for someone I can give a problem to and they return with a potential solution. That involves thinking through problems, how they work, how they can't work, etc.

Asking someone how they think GPS works, or asking them a question about how they'd try to track down a defect based on what a customer is reporting to me are very important skill sets to have.



The overarching skillset that really smart people use everyday to explain how x works or investigate a customer issue is...google


So how would you handle a proprietary system not on Google?

This is why these questions are important. The skill set is logic and deduction not regurgitation of ideal solutions.




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