IMO this is one of those open ended questions in an interview, where multiple dimensions are being explored.
Elon talks about, and himself uses the First Principles Thinking, which IMO is what is being explored with such questions.
Any answer to the question gives a good insight into what kind of environment have you been working at, what challenges were you exposed to in your previous roles and how rich is your past experience.
Dimensions and leading conversations that the initial question opens up
How do you perceive complexity?
How do you make it less complex?
How do you solve a complex problem?
How do you collaborate over a complex problem?
How do you learn from a complex problem and use those learnings in future?
I think this post from Thiago Ghisi about engineering levels and the impact/influce at each level gives a nice perspective on how different people are exposed to different levels of complexity and what expectations can be associated with them
IMO this is one of those open ended questions in an interview, where multiple dimensions are being explored.
Elon talks about, and himself uses the First Principles Thinking, which IMO is what is being explored with such questions.
Any answer to the question gives a good insight into what kind of environment have you been working at, what challenges were you exposed to in your previous roles and how rich is your past experience.
Dimensions and leading conversations that the initial question opens up
I think this post from Thiago Ghisi about engineering levels and the impact/influce at each level gives a nice perspective on how different people are exposed to different levels of complexity and what expectations can be associated with them
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