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This sounds great. I've been to entirely too many interviews where their questions are completely unrelated to the act of software development. I'm sure they
by georgieporgie 15y ago
This sounds great. I've been to entirely too many interviews where their questions are completely unrelated to the act of software development. I'm sure they were all put off by my low performance on contrived questions, as well.
My favorite is that, "I would probably Google it," usually means instant disqualification when discussing any problem solving. This, of course, is ridiculous, since the very first thing I'll do is heavily research a subject before implementing it. I want to stand on the shoulders of giants, not sit around building sand castles.
- Aloisius 15y agoHrm, if someone answers "I'd google it," I consider that to be a completely valid response. Of course it automatically invites the follow-up, what if a google search fails?
- randomdata 15y agoIf Google fails, it is an unsolved problem [1], and therefore requires study and research. A variety of communication mediums (forums, IRC, etc.) exist to communicate with others who are working on solving the same problem. [1] At least to the extent that the public is concerned. It is possible that some skunkworks operation has solved it in secrecy.
- georgieporgie 15y agoIf Google fails, it is an unsolved problem Alternative: it's a completely contrived problem. Interviewers really don't like it when you point that out, though. :-)
- mcao 15y agoI find I mostly use google to see how others have implemented something rather find the exact solution. But either way you have a problem to solve and google takes you from knowing nothing to at least a starting point.