Ever had a CD ask you one of those set-you-up-to-fail trap questions in an interview?

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Example? You can usually get out of it by confidently answering a different question than the one they asked.

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^ that doesn't sound like a set you up to fail trap of a question... just a bit pointless and stupid, that's all

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