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could be any of a number of reasons (or combination thereof) why you got that job. * comparison to other candidates * truthfulness/honesty * track record * per
by mgkimsal 8y ago
could be any of a number of reasons (or combination thereof) why you got that job.
* comparison to other candidates
* truthfulness/honesty
* track record
* personality
At some point, the "I know nothing about this" really isn't all that true, especially for senior dev folks. I'm not sure there's much tech I couldn't say "I know nothing about X", because I understand fundamentals. I don't know much about a lot of tech - erlang/lisp/rust all spring to mind. But I understand variables, scoping, order of operations, etc - even if the behaviour is somewhat different from what I'm used to, I know some fundamentals that I didn't know in the beginning (or... were not muscle memory on day one).
- SimonPStevens 8y agoYeah, I am shortening the story. The interview lasted longer than that one sentance and we discussed the technology. I was aware of a lot of the principles behind it (and I had read up before the interview), I had just never used it. Like you say, for senior people that's probably the case with a lot of tech.