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This has been one of my favorite questions when interviewing candidates for jobs. The beauty of this question is that you can branch out and go deep into any of
by hsuresh 13y ago
This has been one of my favorite questions when interviewing candidates for jobs. The beauty of this question is that you can branch out and go deep into any of the several technologies that power the web - "how does the browser know it has to contact your server" or "how does your browser know how to display content" is a great filter for good devs. Best part about this question - it can be quite educative even for bad candidates.
- michalkw 13y agoYes, a great interview question. And it's quite surprising how many devs do not know those things and still manage to build successful web applications, if not necessarily the most performant/secure/maintainable.
- shaneofalltrad 13y agoYes a bunch of morons. I would even ask them to write everything in 1's and 0's to see what they really know.
- jeffasinger 13y agoI was interviewing candidates for an entry level web developer position. I asked the candidates to describe one difference between a GET and POST in HTTP. Only about 20% of the candidates could respond with anything that made sense. It's a great quick filter for backend heavy development.