Maybe, but a lot of interviewers ask questions like this because they love being smug about catching people out for not asking about requirements before startin

Maybe, but a lot of interviewers ask questions like this because they love being smug about catching people out for not asking about requirements before starting. I was in an interview where a couple of the interviewers asked me to do something, and I asked some basic requirements. After a few questions they just started grunting non-comittally and indicated I should get on an answer the question. The feedback from these interviewers? That I didn't ask enough about the requirements/details before diving in to answering. So I have sympathy for this guy.