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I he only legitimate use for that question is to have an easy excuse to no-hire an idiot who says "10".

The correct answer is "I dunno, what does 5 mean" to show humility and an insistence in meaning in metrics, and if pushed say 6, and trust that decision makers at anywhere you care to work ignore the dufus who insisted on a number.



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