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>A huge reply after being so damningly called out? Serious question: what the hell are you talking about? >It's like the flip-side of foobar... WTF does that

>A huge reply after being so damningly called out? Serious question: what the hell are you talking about? >It's like the flip-side of foobar... WTF does that even mean? >avoid like the plague any place where all the tech questions are gotchas or obscure language features. The lead developer is probably someone you do not want to work with. If you consider those questions "gotchas" or "obscure language features" you don't stand a chance of working with those lead developers. Their process is designed to weed people like you out. I think, for the book I'm writing, I can build an entire chapter around this subthread. Can I quote you by name, mattmanser?

zbentley 8y ago
>It's like the flip-side of foobar... I suspect they meant FizzBuzz, but am not sure. > If you consider those questions "gotchas" or "obscure language features" you don't stand a chance of working with those lead developers. Their process is designed to weed people like you out. > I think, for the book I'm writing, I can build an entire chapter around this subthread. Can I quote you by name, mattmanser? I recognize that this may not be how you meant it, but that comes off as condescending and rude. Please be polite--for our sakes on HN, and in order to attract good interview candidates! I and many of my colleagues have left offers on the table before, even without other open offers, due to impressions of similar (much worse, but on the same axis) condescension and hostility during interviews.