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What do you expect as an answer here? Just a basic grasp of what they're for, or a deep computer-sciencey appraisal of the sorts of languages they are? (If the
by gmac 15y ago
What do you expect as an answer here? Just a basic grasp of what they're for, or a deep computer-sciencey appraisal of the sorts of languages they are? (If the former, you'd really hope those people wouldn't be making it to interview...)
- aasarava 15y agoI should clarify that I ask this during an initial phone screening. (Having HR personnel ask the question never seems to work because they don't know how to evaluate the response, which can vary and still be correct.) What I'm looking for is mention of the fact that Java is fully object-oriented and, these days, primarily used on the server side. (Though some mention of the history of -- and problems with -- applets is good too.) For JavaScript, some mention of AJAX, jQuery, Node.js, etc., are all helpful. Essentially I want to know if the person truly understands the pros and cons of each and when to use each, as opposed to just having a shallow understanding that "they're different languages". I'm still shocked at how many Web developers can't offer more than the the latter.