I interviewed for a Scala role one time despite never having written it professionally. I suppose it's obscure enough that they couldn't afford to be too picky.

I interviewed for a Scala role one time despite never having written it professionally. I suppose it's obscure enough that they couldn't afford to be too picky. It was a pair programming exercise and so with some help from the interviewer and the IDE I was able to fumble through to a working result. I agree it was fun and educational.