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Ctrl+L data:text/html,<body bgcolor=maroon> Enter F11 Lately I had been thinking that task _"fill your screen with colour X (really fast)"_ woul

by myfonj 5y ago

Ctrl+L data:text/html,<body bgcolor=maroon> Enter F11 Lately I had been thinking that task _"fill your screen with colour X (really fast)"_ would make a nice (ugly) interview question, revealing creativity and exploring different approaches. For maximum points I'd expect candidate given task "fill your screen with black" to simply turn it off.

throwaway27727 5y ago
paint.exe fill tool, black F11
- toper-centage 5y ago
  Bsh: undefined command paint.exe
  - dmitshur 5y ago
    Try https://jspaint.app/ https://jspaint.app/.
    - authed 5y ago
      "This application requires JavaScript to run." /s
- wizzwizz4 5y ago
  You have to print screen, paste, delete first; that's the fastest way to set the image bounds to the screen resolution.
lexapro 5y ago
I never understood the point of interview questions like this. Like, really? You're going to ask another adult to fill a screen with black and expect them to turn it off? Why??
- IgorPartola 5y ago
  Because often times interviewers like to feel clever and come off as smarter than the people they are interviewing. It’s a very human thing to do. And something we should strive to avoid as I think it’s a terrible quality.
- Piskvorrr 5y ago
  As an interviewer, you're not looking for a solution; it's supposed to be an ice-breaker, to get a technical conversation going. Doesn't always work, but good enough. (OTOH, if the interviewer has no idea why they're asking this, and they're just blindly checking off boxes from "The Greatest Checkbox List For Interviewers (tm)", it will fail like any other tool wielded by a clueless user. A very specific failure mode here is "THE BOOK has The One True Solution, and I'm expecting you to read my mind and choose this.")
whoomp12342 5y ago
this like most trivia based interview questions really just prod "Have you thought about solving this specific, arbitrary problem that pleases your interview lords today?"
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Graffur 5y ago
Which company do you interview for? I will make sure to never apply.

by myfonj 5y ago

throwaway27727 5y ago

paint.exe fill tool, black F11

toper-centage 5y ago
Bsh: undefined command paint.exe
- dmitshur 5y ago
  Try https://jspaint.app/ https://jspaint.app/.
  - authed 5y ago
    "This application requires JavaScript to run." /s
wizzwizz4 5y ago
You have to print screen, paste, delete first; that's the fastest way to set the image bounds to the screen resolution.

lexapro 5y ago

I never understood the point of interview questions like this. Like, really? You're going to ask another adult to fill a screen with black and expect them to turn it off? Why??

IgorPartola 5y ago
Because often times interviewers like to feel clever and come off as smarter than the people they are interviewing. It’s a very human thing to do. And something we should strive to avoid as I think it’s a terrible quality.
Piskvorrr 5y ago
As an interviewer, you're not looking for a solution; it's supposed to be an ice-breaker, to get a technical conversation going. Doesn't always work, but good enough. (OTOH, if the interviewer has no idea why they're asking this, and they're just blindly checking off boxes from "The Greatest Checkbox List For Interviewers (tm)", it will fail like any other tool wielded by a clueless user. A very specific failure mode here is "THE BOOK has The One True Solution, and I'm expecting you to read my mind and choose this.")

whoomp12342 5y ago

this like most trivia based interview questions really just prod "Have you thought about solving this specific, arbitrary problem that pleases your interview lords today?"

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Graffur 5y ago

Which company do you interview for? I will make sure to never apply.