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Foobar is well-known and sometimes super easy to guess. For a few years before 2019, you could get it by simply searching “python list comprehension”. It’s just
by judge2020 5y ago
Foobar is well-known and sometimes super easy to guess. For a few years before 2019, you could get it by simply searching “python list comprehension”. It’s just a way to find people searching certain stuff and encourage them to work at Google. Having an automated system pre-screening people in this way vastly improves the quality of applicants that come in.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17289580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17289580
- perth 5y agoOk well this ycombinator post you linked confirmed my suspicions that the challenge is targeted based on location/network address. > "ISTR that only works from the USA."
- iamstupidsimple 5y agoNope. I've had foobar from outside the US.