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I agree. Generally, open ended questions give you a pretty good idea of a candidate's aptitudes. I had a guy come to interview who'd supposedly got a CS degree
by bencollier49 14y ago
I agree. Generally, open ended questions give you a pretty good idea of a candidate's aptitudes. I had a guy come to interview who'd supposedly got a CS degree with first-class honours from a fairly well-ranked British uni. He couldn't tell me what functional programming was, which I thought was pretty peculiar.
I tried to call the uni to verify his degree but they wouldn't confirm it without consent (Data Protection Act), and I wasn't going to employ him (for several reasons), so I didn't take it any further.
- Jabbles 14y agoI agree. Generally, open ended questions give you a pretty good idea of a candidate's aptitudes. I would still have to test their ability to code something, as I know how good I am (if I may say so) at blagging my way through open ended questions.
- capsule_toy 14y agoI don't think not knowing functional programming is peculiar at all. When I went to school, the dominant language was Java. Aside from a few courses, some of which covered functional programming, every other course and project was written in Java. It'd be very easy for me to imagine a good graduate making it through University and not remembering functional programming at the end.
- bencollier49 14y agoNot that he didn't know it. He didn't know what it was.