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anton zuykov said:

... Did they lose the skill ...;

No, they didn't have end to end encryption back then.

"music influencer", more like music influenza. 

If you intend on keeping your mbp for a few years, then you can put a $2 silicone cover over the keyboard, it is fitted to the keys, is very thin and in my opinion give the keys a nice feel as for me they are a bit too slippery. After 5 years my early 2013 keyboard is still like brand new.

ascii said:

If the verdict is still out after 21 months then the verdict is not still out. 

There comes a point when a claim changes from being "not true yet" to being "not true" simply by virtue of the amount of time that has passed.

Not really, how long were keyboards on laptops  close to the user on hundreds of PC's before Apple moved the keypad away from the user? Eventually everyone followed. Unfortunately Apple has not realised yet that the strip is in the wrong spot.

paul turner said:

I have interviewed many people over the years. 

There are only really 2 question that  I try to find the answers to, all the supplementary questions try to find these out and are based on these 2  simple questions:

1) Can  this person do the job? Aka. Do they have the skills, or are they trying to pull the wool?

2) can they fit in lto the team (aka are they a total cancer / asshole?)

if you are trying to  find a job all you have to do is not come over as a complete ass and know what you are doing. Simple really!

You're taking a god's eye view which is not what is happening. Firstly you say 'if the interviewer can do the job'. It can take quite a while for this procedure because it's likely that the interviewee thinks he can do the job, but the interviewer has to ascertain whether what the interviewee thinks is correct, i.e. whether or not he can do the job, or maybe the interviewee cannot do the job. In which case it has to ascertained how far is he/she from being able to do the job and if that is a worthwhile proposition, due to factors that depend very much on the individual.

The interviewer might decide to go on a few possible tangents that could arise from the investigation into the above process. Perhaps the interviewer slightly underestimated the precise requirements but it was discovered during the interview by the presumably skilled interviewer that the interviewee may very well have other skills that have now come to light that have been underestimated by the interviewee, and perhaps a conversational tone to the interview might then ensue. How ever it all depends on the job. I doubt that every single job requires such precision, but there's more to it than 'can do the job'.

Ironically you have given another very excellent reason for a job interview to take some time, namely whether or not the interviewee is a prospective highly skilled asshat. The skilled asshat will presumably be enthused to get around the tricky questioning that he surely knows he will be asked. So the skilled interviewer who will be skilled in fishing out very clever asshats, will develop a conversational style in order to draw the possible asshat into giving himself away. I would imagine with Apple's attention to detail and dislike of asshats and huge staff that this second procedure is also fairly lengthy. Not to mention that one person's efficient worker is another person's asshat.