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My 2 cents: This is a horrible interview question. It tests arcane knowledge that takes about 15 seconds of googling, kind of like the varchar2 question in this
by hamidpalo 14y ago
My 2 cents: This is a horrible interview question. It tests arcane knowledge that takes about 15 seconds of googling, kind of like the varchar2 question in this blog post: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000073.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000073.html .
It doesn't really tell you if the interviewee can code, and it probably doesn't tell you much about how they think. Developers should be asked to write code and design systems, whether large scale services or libraries.
- troels 14y agoAgreed. I read the article, expecting some sort of twist at the end, but it never came.
- eleven 14y agoA valid point. I should've been more clear that this question really only makes sense when talking to a frontend dev. I always try to avoid the "varchar2" style question, a phone interview shouldn't be a trivia contest. For a frontend dev the sticky footer question can tell you more about a persons coding style and thought process. A proficient frontend dev would have an opinion about how sticky footer should be done and be able to identify common pitfalls.
- lusr 14y agoAssuming I understand it correctly, the paradoxical thing about this article is that it seems to imply the engineers currently working there would have failed this interview question.
- X4 14y ago>> Developers should be asked to write code and design systems, whether large scale services or libraries. Specify. Blurry comments like this don't make the situation any better, no offense. You know that the solution i's entirely situation agnostic.