Being asked P1ss easy technical questions in interviews.

[Churchill]

Ah, but then you're not ' using a receprocating Shirley', so solution is not valid.

Getting some other schmuk to do the job in the first place is the art of good management.

[TimberWolf]

I once made up an answer and the technical interviewer said he's never heard of that before and added that interviews were a learning experience for the interviewer too. I looked it up later and found I'd got it wrong. Got the gig though.

[Scrag Meister]

Got asked once at an interview- "What is the most important protective device on a high pressure reciprocating compressor?". The answer I gave to him was spot on, but I could tell from the blokes face that he hadn't thought of it! I asked him after I answered what he thought the answer was, he told me and I knew there and then that I hadn't got the job. The things is, I would bet that he now has his compressors set up the exact way I said! Ho hum.

Hope you invoiced for attending the interview.