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Have you ever been asked this question in a job interview: "What percentage are you willing to travel?" This question confuses me a lot, because it's asking for a specific numeric answer to a vague question. "Travel" is not a percentage, it's an activity. If they asked, "in what percentage of work days are you willing to travel a distance greater than 50 miles", that question has an answer. If they asked, "In what percentage of the weeks of the year are you willing to spend the entire week away from home", that question also has an anwer. If they asked, "what percentage of your total work time are you willing to spend in the car, traveling", that question has an answer too. But when I ask for clarification, it's like they have no idea what the problem is. Usually they just ask the same question again, louder, as if that makes it less of a non sequitur. So, I'm asking my fellow aspies who have more logical minds: What the hell does this question mean?

it's about the time you are willing to spend travelling. "what percentage of your total work time are you willing to spend traveling." i mean, what else could it be?

Yeah, just that, how much of your time you're willing to travel (on the clock), running errands, going to other offices, field work, international travel, etc.

I think this question is important, as it involves the amount of time that one would be away from family and friends.