On Sunday 24 Apr 2011, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On 11-04-24 09:48 AM, Akhthar Parvez K wrote: > > #5 - Never give a wrong answer - If at all you receive a question that you > > don't know, do not panic, just be smart and divert the question so you can > > answer what you know. > > If you don't know the answer, say so. Then state how you would go about > finding the answer. Do not reply on clever tricks in an attempt to fool > your interviewer. >
I'm sure that I wouldn't have received such a response had I explained it a bit more, but then that's my fault as I made tips so short that it didn't convey the message clearly. Well, what I actually meant was not diverting it baselessly. One could actually start with "I don't think I actually know what you asked, but if <now_divert_to_something_relevant_you_know>". It's just to let the interviewer know that you know about something related eventhough you don't know the answer for the exact question. It's anything but an attempt to fool. :-) After all, what the interviewer wants to know is if the interviewee is knowledgable enough and it's not always necessary to have that happened by an answer he expected. -- Regards, Akhthar Parvez K http://www.sysadminguide.com/ UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity - Dennis Ritchie -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
