You’re precisely right—I’ve asked it myself in order to see if the company operates in a reasonable manner or not :)
Your second point is spot on as well—it mostly comes from more junior candidates (which, numerically, is the bulk of the people we hire), and from the follow-ups I get, it does often seem to be asked in earnest from that population.
You’re precisely right—I’ve asked it myself in order to see if the company operates in a reasonable manner or not :)
Your second point is spot on as well—it mostly comes from more junior candidates (which, numerically, is the bulk of the people we hire), and from the follow-ups I get, it does often seem to be asked in earnest from that population.