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I wonder if I interviewed you. I've only ever had one or two people ask for clarification or want more detail about inputs BEFORE they start writing code.
by lessnonymous 14y ago
I wonder if I interviewed you. I've only ever had one or two people ask for clarification or want more detail about inputs BEFORE they start writing code.
- bcbrown 14y agoI find that surprising. The advice I've gotten from everyone when interviewing at the big tech companies in Seattle is always "make sure you clarify ambiguity before writing any code". I always assume that part of the evaluation is on my ability to resolve ambiguity, and always try to clarify anything I can, sometimes including writing out an example or two and verifying we agree what the expected output should be.
- mgkimsal 14y agoto be sure it wasn't writing code - whiteboarding code/pseudocode. it was a bit of an ego stroke, i think, but given the state of their company at the time, and how they advertised the position, i don't suspect they were getting many sr-level developers applying. i applied mostly cause it was close to home.