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by NotPaidToPost 2581 days ago
To me the real purpose of this question is to see if the candidate did a minimum of homework about the company and what it does.
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I don't understand the beat-around-the-bush approach to this.

"Do you know what we do here?" "Did you find anything interesting about our history?" "Have you done any homework on the company and what it does?"

Ask straight questions, get straight answers. Ask round-about questions, expect round-about answers. In the second case, it's a lot of words without much being said.

then they might as well ask for that.