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It seems like a way to figure out if some people are actually coding. They might be faking it or maybe doing a lot of StackOverflow copy pasta. Print out someth

It seems like a way to figure out if some people are actually coding. They might be faking it or maybe doing a lot of StackOverflow copy pasta. Print out something you’ve written recently so we can talk about it. Not defending, but that’s the most likely explanation.

nr2x 4y ago
In all fairness, that’s still stupid.
- groone 4y ago
  In all fairness it's not stupid. Interviewers sometimes ask to show code you have written and did not pay to write it. Here the interview asks to show code you have written and been paid to write.
  - nr2x 4y ago
    On paper? The stupid part is printing. Obviously.
furstenheim 4y ago
Copy stackoverflow, understand it, link to the original source. What's wrong with it. Those lines are normally the hardest. Maybe referencing a weird behaviour, not implemented feature, and stackoverflow is the only place that explains it