• Bertuccio@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I’ve just started doing practical interviews. I basically get really young people with little overall experience and I just want to know if they can do common technical tasks.

    So one question is to literally have them explain how to tighten a bolt. One person failed.

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      5 months ago

      To be fair, that’s a very open ended question. I mean, what kind of bolt are we talking about? A standard lag bolt? If so you don’t tighten it! That’d be a trick question! You tighten the nut. Same thing applies with car wheel bolts. Tricky tricky!

      Is it a hex bolt that also has a cross head? How tight are we talking?

      I’m just going to assume bolts of lightning and Usain Bolt are off the table.