, most candidates give
a very generic answer instead of providing specific examples relevant to employer's needs.
The basic problem is that there are so many different types of species and even breeds that it is almost impossible to give anything more definite than
a very generic answer.
If you don't customize the questions, you will A. reduce participation in your survey and B. get
very generic answers that won't help you much.
Not exact matches
You will clearly notice this in interviews and debates, where a candidate asked about topic X will
very frequently give
generic non-committal response to X and somehow turn the
answer into how it relates to campaign point Y.
If it seems like the person you're talking to isn't
answering your questions directly, try to ask them (or it) something
very specific to see if it comes back with another
generic response.
And their
answer wasn't
generic — it was
very specific to our particular situation.