Quote Originally Posted by Sermil View Post
[....]Everyone knows the "correct" answer to the question: something like "I really admire [company's products] and am very inspired by [company's mission statement]" [....]

Weeds out those who are too stupid or honest.

I would've thought that a programming job would be more about having skills to produce a tangible good, but I suppose they want willing and effective liars for "customer relations", or maybe it's just about finding people who won't "rock-the-boat".