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Originally Posted by Holliday
While interviewing mathemeticians, this is how I found out they no longer learn to do math in their head (all with calculators) and that I am old.
That's awesome lol
Again, my question is not so much about whether they can get the correct answer, rather how they react to it.
Most would get startled and try to give a quick answer as fast as they could, and would result in the wrong answer.
Some would get startled, regroup and give the correct answer.
Either way, it would be interesting how the rest of the interview would go. It would either get them more relaxed or more uptight.
Anyone can answer your typical scenario bs questions; at the end of the day, you don't really know if it's a genuine answer or not -- are they just trying to give "the best answer" -- which in most cases, is the case. But! that reaction is genuine and can't be faked. (it's important to keep a straight face throughout)