[jasonlotito]

It's kind of amusing you spend a lot of time trying to define the work precise. =) I understand what you mean though.

Have you ever considered that part of this is hoping that interviewees will ask questions seeking more precision? A lot of times on the job, you don't get such precision. There are unknowns you have to answer for yourself, and sometimes the right questions are more important than the technical approach.

[boblebricoleur]

Yes I thought about it.

That's why I insisted on the difference beetween imprecise and incomplete.

> I do not mean complete. You can knowingly give an incomplete spec to the candidate to see what kind of questions he/she would ask to try and get the whole picture. (or if he/she goes head first into an unsolvable problem)

I feel that using wrong technical vocabulary in a question is not a sign of a interviewer trying to make the candidate ask questions. Maybe it's just me.