Hmm, I interviewed recently at a pretty well-known startup and crashed and burned because I didn't know uncommon HTTP codes and request/response headers off the

Hmm, I interviewed recently at a pretty well-known startup and crashed and burned because I didn't know uncommon HTTP codes and request/response headers off the top of my head. I aced most of the rest of the questions, and I think I got along with everyone pretty nicely. I understand that the interviewer probably works with them every day and has them memorized, but really that's something I could have looked up in 10 seconds. I don't think people should be penalized for following Einstein's "never memorize what you can easily look up in a book" philosophy.