Edward Ned Harvey (lopser)
2018-01-23 18:01:25 UTC
I'm trying to think up topics that IT folks (devops, and software developers, etc) sometimes feel extremely passionate about, even to the point of sometimes fanatical extremism. Examples might be vi vs emacs, linux vs windows, mac vs windows, drupal vs wordpress, java vs C#, and so on.
Can you name some controversial topics that tend to start flame wars?
I think it will be interesting to see which things are "hot" topics, but part of the purpose is to gauge other peoples' ability to be cooperative. If you ask them to name some topic they feel passionate about, and ask them to take sides on something controversial, you can identify people who are prone to extreme positions and uncompromising, versus people who are able to see both sides and be respectful of the people on the other side...
I'm basically formulating a technical-based behavioral interview question.
Can you name some controversial topics that tend to start flame wars?
I think it will be interesting to see which things are "hot" topics, but part of the purpose is to gauge other peoples' ability to be cooperative. If you ask them to name some topic they feel passionate about, and ask them to take sides on something controversial, you can identify people who are prone to extreme positions and uncompromising, versus people who are able to see both sides and be respectful of the people on the other side...
I'm basically formulating a technical-based behavioral interview question.
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