[mkoryak]

Back when I was younger and interviewing candidates for a startup where I was one of the oldest engineers my favorite "fit" question used to be "tell me your favorite 4 letter word".

I never actually based my decision on that one, only the technical questions.

This is an example of where I (probably) contributed to making some people feel uncomfortable and I wouldn't do it now.

[dpark]

> tell me your favorite 4 letter word

Stop

[mkoryak]

If you answered that, my past self would have appreciated your answer and maybe even stopped. I mostly got things like: "code", "cash", "love" and one time a "fart"

[dpark]

I am glad you stopped asking that question. We all make mistakes and learn from them.

An I correct in assuming the “4 letter word” was intended to make the candidate think of curse words? I’m curious what the intent of this question was if it didn’t feed into your hire decision.

[ryukoposting]

I hope you hired "fart."

[mkoryak]

I did.