On: What would Feynman do? (2011)

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One possible answer to that question, presumably not the one you're thinking of, is that those jobs are largely mechanical and require less creativity or generalized problem-solving ability than software engineering.

Edit: I don't mean to suggest that I think these kinds of questions are good for hiring software engineers, just that your argument for why that isn't the case may have some holes in it.