IDG Contributor Network: Hire thinkers, not groupthinkers

I’ve always liked those questions posed to applicants for places at Ivy League colleges and the like. How many piano tuners are there in Chicago? How would you describe an apple to a visitor from Mars? How could you prove that I have just asked you this question?So sometimes I ask myself whether there are equivalent tests, perhaps a little more practically-oriented, that might help IT hiring managers to find applicants who might come to decide policy and fix tough problems, not just serve