Quote Originally Posted by tommo View Post
Years + Years = Brains? No. That's ridiculous.
You're making the same basic mistake that you made in your attempted answer. You assumed that the remark "Years+Years=Brains" referred to "the classic mistake". It didn't. It was just a remark. False assumption.

You'll kick yourself.. so near and yet so far..

If I remember correctly, we interviewed approximately 170 people over several years and there were possibly 11 or 12 who passed that section, but only 3-4 were shortlisted for the job(s).