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Sure, but why is someone asking you to use Algolia templates in an interview?

• ehnto 5y ago
  It was just to illustrate how much arbitrary knowledge is required in modern stacks. We could be talking about totally different industries though, perhaps you're hiring senior C developers and it'd be weird if they didn't know the syntax yet. For apps and web development, I wouldn't fuss too much about specific language syntaxes since if I were to cull my applicants based on language experience I'd be throwing away plenty of talented developers. I'd hire a talented Python developer for a job writing JS for example, if they're applying then they're willing to learn it.
  • jdavis703 5y ago
    Fair enough. In my interviews I tell candidates to code in the language they’re most familiar with. Hopefully someone has memorized a for loop in their go to language.
    • ehnto 5y ago
      Aha, that's a pretty fair approach then.