This 15 Banned Google Interview Questions article that came out today reminded me of a point I ve been thinking about that doesn t really fit into the report A friend told me that Facebook and Google do phone screenings that involve Trivial Pursuit like questions like Tell me about Linux kernal blah blah His conclusion is that they re hiring to create a culture of geek knowledge rather than an organization It s a very different question than What have you done that you re particularly proud of Cyn also had me contemplating the characteristics of a knowing organization versus a learning organization