My first question would be: am I to encounter code like this in your company? If the answer would be 'yes' i would leave. If the answer would be "we'd be happy

My first question would be: am I to encounter code like this in your company? If the answer would be 'yes' i would leave. If the answer would be "we'd be happy if not, but it could happen" you'd get bonus points for being honest :) It is not hard to understand what is going on in this "loop", but this as much a red flag as it gets. Addendum: this question is on the level of language syntax. There is no deduction, no problem decomposition, no deeper understanding of complexity theory etc. involved. It is just a matter of understanding the order of evaluation of terms in a for loop. If you fail on this test, it wouldn't tell me much. If you succeed, same.