Yeah I also like questions about hobbies and weaknesses. I was once asked to list 3 strengths and weaknesses when I had only prepared one answer for each. It caught me off guard a bit, but it prompted more introspection than is usually expected of me in an interview.
Also, I'm sorry that you've been asked those last couple questions. No one should ever ask that in a job interview. Depending on where you live, those questions may even be illegal
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I like this one because it allows the candidate to show their personality outside of coding.
This allows the candidate to display humility and it shows self-awareness. A lot of egotistical people have trouble answering this without lying.
I highly dislike discriminatory questions like:
Yeah I also like questions about hobbies and weaknesses. I was once asked to list 3 strengths and weaknesses when I had only prepared one answer for each. It caught me off guard a bit, but it prompted more introspection than is usually expected of me in an interview.
Also, I'm sorry that you've been asked those last couple questions. No one should ever ask that in a job interview. Depending on where you live, those questions may even be illegal