job screening question

[kmedcalf at dessus.com (Keith Medcalf)]

> > "A client cannot access the website "http://xyz.com";
> 
> >> How does the user know that it cannot access the web site?
> 
> > When did users become things?
> 
> > Probably a candidate that made this mistake should be dismissed from
> > consideration on that basis alone.
> 
> How do you know that the client is a person?

Perhaps "What language is the client written in, and what Operating System is it running on?" would be a better response.

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