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One company I worked for, we used to joke that we should get rid of all the software questions and ask what the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is.

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That would be a terrible interview question, because it doesn’t clarify whether you mean an African or European swallow.

But then the interviewer will be launched into the Pit of Eternal Peril.

That's part of the appeal, the candidate needs to answer with a range or ask a clarifying question that uno reverses the interview

It's the question that Screaming Bee used for gauging your voice profile for the MorphVOX voice changer!

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