Re: Interview Question (your Sunday ruined part 2)

On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:39:32 +0530, Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

On 20-10-2024 10:48 pm, Cursitor Doom wrote:

John Larkin has from time to time posted some elementary questions he
likes to torture his job applicants with. I'd like to propose one of my
own.
 
If I'm measuring 218 ohms between points A and B in this diagram, what is
the value of Rx?
 
https://disk.yandex.com/i/hxjWx0tDUCzxiA

>
R followed by a number is often used to designate values below 1. So,
many interviewees will interpret the schematic as 0.8? in parallel with
Rx. No way you can get 218 ? between points A and B - unless you accept
a negative resistance, in which case Rx is about -0.80295 ?. :-)
>
Jest havin' fun. Or is that really what you want to mess their heads with?

The first thing a good intervuee should ask is "what the hell does
R330 mean?"