What's the best logical puzzle to ask a QA engineer during the interview?
Asked by Joe
Hello, I am interviewing people for the position of Senior Software Engineer, and a big chunk of the job is solving problems (s/he will be developing testing software). So, what are the best logical questions that you have been asking job prospects? Or if you are a job seeker, what's the best question that you've been asked? The goal is to see the candidate's thought process, how they approach a problem, etc. Please provide the answers (or at least the hints) too.

Best Answer:
The old standby, "What can you bring to our Quality Assurance Program that others can't."

Ask three puzzles, Wait for a reply assess the candidate caliber, ask them write test cases for a given scenario where u are very strong , see how many test cases she can come up with, Check the imaginativeness of her in the scenario , to see how she can transform business logic into technical spec.... Hope this helps you....
Answered by Anjana

Give him and real work scenario and have the candidate solve it.
Answered by RunSueRun