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Comment Dangerous Question! (Score 1) 835

by Darth_Vito (#25824343) Attached to: Interviewing Experienced IT People?
You should reconsider asking that question, at least the way you have it worded currently. You could get into trouble. I realize from your post that you are actually favoring the older, more experienced candidates, but if you ask the question

'IT is seen as a young man's game. My next applicant after you is 23 years old. What do you know that he doesn't?'

You are asking for trouble. If you end up not selecting this individual, he may feel that it is because of his age and if you get sued the question will sound biased to a judge and jury. Consider something like "How has your experience benefited you in problem solving, and what is it that you have learned from it that less experienced applicants might not have yet realized?" or something similar.

Feed Engadget: Nintendo support recommends Wiimote abuse to puzzled caller (engadget.com)

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Controller abuse has always been a mainstay of the video gaming existence -- no need to blame your thumbs when there's this hunk of plastic to chuck at the floor -- but who knew Nintendo was working such violence into its own official support curriculum? Wired's Russ Neumeier gave Nintendo support a ring when one of his Wiimotes stopped sensing motion and none of the usual fixes seemed to work. After explaining his situation, the Nintendo rep asked Russ smack the controller into his hand, button side down, two or three times. After being assured that she wasn't kidding, Russ did as he was told and was awarded with a fully functional Wiimote. We could see why Nintendo wouldn't go shouting about this "fix" on its official support literature, but it has us wondering if "blow into the cartridge, whack side of NES, insert cartridge, repeat" was the Nintendo-approved method all along.

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