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> A martini only has two ingredients I think that's the point :) Just like you'd test an Italian chef by ordering pasta al pomodoro.
by newaccount74 3y ago
> A martini only has two ingredients
I think that's the point :)
Just like you'd test an Italian chef by ordering pasta al pomodoro.
- FartyMcFarter 3y agoOr just like you can test a software engineer by discussing basic data structures and how they behave both in theory and in practice.
- Karellen 3y agoOr fizzbuzz
- smcameron 3y agoI think I'm going to start calling a gin and tonic a "fizzbuzz".
- franga2000 3y agoOr test a bartender by ordering a fizzbuzz and see if they're a former software engineer who got fed up with the crunch and left to go work in a bar (something I think all of us have considered at least once).
- copperx 3y agoIt's been a long time since I heard a jwz reference.
- galbar 3y agoI've had so many people tell me that it is unreasonable to ask in an interview "What's the difference between an array and a set?"... Then I ask how they'd feel about reviewing PRs from a person that does not know the difference and they mostly of change their minds about it.
- _ea1k 3y agoTo be fair, it does depend on the question. Yours is fine. I've also seen things like "Why would you specify the # of elements when initializing an ArrayList in Java?", and you just know the person asking is the guy that sprinkles magic constants all over his code. And gives negative reviews when you don't put random (often relatively small) numbers in yours too.
- hnfong 3y agoInstead of hardcoding, you can specify a million configuration variables to be determined at runtime, and shift the responsibility to SRE to draft a deployment plan for that :P
- maxk42 3y agoYou can learn a lot about an engineer by asking them to implement a linked list.
- dreamcompiler 3y agoI had a relative who owned a restaurant. One of his tests when interviewing a new chef was "Make me an egg."
- Karellen 3y agoWhat sort of response were they looking for with that? "How would you like it - boiled, poached, fried, scrambled or turned into an omelette? Or a meringue maybe?"
- OJFord 3y agoGP said a restaurant, not a road-side 'caf'/'diner'. They'd be looking to be given something good, whatever the candidate wants/comes up with/thinks they can do well. e.g. a bad candidate returns literally just a fried egg on a plate, a good candidate returns a devilled egg neatly presented, say.
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- akvadrako 3y agoSo it's just guessing what the interviewer wants? As a restaurant customer, I would prefer a fried egg over a deviled one.
- Symbiote 3y agoThe restaurant owner is interviewing a chef, not a cook. Part of the chef's job will be to innovate -- new dishes for the menu, small changes to existing dishes when customers ask for it or particular ingredients aren't available, something completely different when a coeliac vegan turns up.
- OJFord 3y agoIt's doing something technically impressive which a fellow domain expert can appreciate whether they'd personally order it from a menu or not.