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A bit hyperbolic. As anecdata: Every interview I have every done has not been in Python. 20 yoe. 20 lines of python written :-)

• zamnos 4y ago
  What were the interviews in instead? As long as we're contributing anecdata, 9 yoe on the hiring side, almost all interviews have been in Python, especially for interns. What's interesting is the company where I was at for the majority of, their main stack was Ruby, and they respected new employees' intelligence enough to assume they could just pick that up after being hired. If you're not pedantic about the syntax, Python, and it's libraries were great for interviews. I did a handful of them in Golang, using the same question, but there was always a time crunch because Golang required more boilerplate (for the particulars of the question).
  • ipaddr 4y ago
    php or javascript
  • quickthrower2 4y ago
    Usually the interviewees preferred language. If not, then the language mainly used by the company: Java or C#. I am assuming Python is the "Schelling Point" of companies in the US tech centres.
    • zamnos 4y ago
      What would you say most interviewees preferred? To be clear, my anecdata is that Python is the language of choice for candidates for the kinds of roles we were hiring for - I can easily imagine that a game studio would have C++ and Lua overrepresented.