I would love to ask questions like that. I'm pretty sure hiring committee would not like it though lol.
I do worry about asking questions that give candidates extremely large advantages if they have certain backgrounds. For example someone coming from mech, civ, or petroleum engineering will get a huge leg up on that question.
It is also worth noting that the structure for interviewing at a company with 30-50k+ engineers is different than the structure you need for interviewing at a company with <<1k engineers.
I do worry about asking questions that give candidates extremely large advantages if they have certain backgrounds. For example someone coming from mech, civ, or petroleum engineering will get a huge leg up on that question.
It is also worth noting that the structure for interviewing at a company with 30-50k+ engineers is different than the structure you need for interviewing at a company with <<1k engineers.