Once, while interviewing for a Program Manager position, I was asked what the airspeed velocity of a swallow was. Being a child of the 90s I was familiar with Monty Pythin and quickly responded with "do you mean an African or a European swallow?"
The interviewers chuckled and proceeded onto a more relevant, and technical, question. I often wonder if that one answer is what landed me the position.
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I once got this one during a software engineer interview: https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/animal-kingdom-quiz/
Once, while interviewing for a Program Manager position, I was asked what the airspeed velocity of a swallow was. Being a child of the 90s I was familiar with Monty Pythin and quickly responded with "do you mean an African or a European swallow?"
The interviewers chuckled and proceeded onto a more relevant, and technical, question. I often wonder if that one answer is what landed me the position.