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I was thinking the same, but it'd be funnier to take it one step further:

"Short bus? Long bus? Double decker bus? Coach bus? VW Bus?" Since I'm not sure of the relevance of the question, I choose a Matchbox Bus. The answer is 0. 0 golfballs fit in a matchbox bus. Enough bikeshedding. Let's move along to questions that will more reliably assess skills I will be using on the job as a software engineer."

"Bob Slydell: I'd like to move us right along to a Peter Gibbons. Now we had a chance to meet this young man, and boy that's just a straight shooter with upper management written all over him."

All questions like this would tell me about a candidate is that they have a high tolerance for bikeshedding.



> "Short bus? Long bus? Double decker bus? Coach bus? VW Bus?" Since I'm not sure of the relevance of the question, I choose a Matchbox Bus. The answer is 0. 0 golfballs fit in a matchbox bus.

You never know how far they want you to go with their game. This could mark you as a genius, or as an ass.


I suspect that I'd be marked as an ass, though I reckon I'd get brownie points for correctively outing the bikeshedding.

In fact, it'd be even funnier to answer the question, then ask the question "I'm building a bikeshed. What color do I paint it?"




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