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tl;dr The easiest way to paint yourself into a corner on a technical interview question - especially a trick one - is to answer it without asking clarifying qu
by larsberg 13y ago
tl;dr
The easiest way to paint yourself into a corner on a technical interview question - especially a trick one - is to answer it without asking clarifying questions about boundary conditions, usage patterns, data set sizes, target hardware, etc.
- hnriot 13y agoand if you didn't know this going into an interview, you probably had no business going in the first place. It's not a trick question, it's as much a part of quality software development to ask the right questions as it is to start hacking on the keyboard. The right answer to any interview question starts with "it depends, ..."
- latch 13y agoWe'll probably stop asking it, but I think what's been addictive about it is how quickly people give an answer.