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It's rude to post their questions online. How is this lost on people??

eitally 13y ago
On the other hand, these are all pretty superficial and elementary questions. I have never been a Linux admin and I still knew about 2/3 of them, or at least could have fumbled through them (e.g. 3 timestamps).
- ciupicri 13y ago
  They're supposed to be FizzBuzz questions.
  - selmnoo 13y ago
    Just curious, what are some questions asked beyond the point where we've asked FizzBuzz questions?
    - ciupicri 13y ago
      Debug a possible situation or even something that happened in the past. Take for example these question from ServerFault: "DNAT:ed packets disappearing"* [1] and "Openvpn, forwarding slow since reboot" [2]. *Sorry for the self promotion, but I don't have any better examples right now. [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/320181/dnated-packets-disappearing http://serverfault.com/questions/320181/dnated-packets-disap... [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/542381/openvpn-forwarding-slow-since-reboot http://serverfault.com/questions/542381/openvpn-forwarding-s...
eshvk 13y ago
ehh..What is the worst that can happen? People study these questions and by the act of studying these questions, they acquire more information on how things work? If the interviewer is good and is not asking for factoids, it is very easy to figure out how much a person knows about something.
spydum 13y ago
Agreed, though to be fair, this is beginners level interview questions.. Nobody is going to lose sleep over these.
shmageggy 13y ago
While I don't really have a problem with being "rude" to a corporation, especially some evil behemoth like Facebook, it's worth noting that sharing these questions probably violates an NDA that was signed/agreed to before the interview.
- e12e 13y ago
  I hope they don't waste everyone's time with having an NDA signed before the first round of interviews? What would it accomplish?
  - pjscott 13y ago
    Its main effect would be to filter out people who aren't desperate.
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- stormbrew 13y ago
  These are phone interview questions. No NDA.
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zorked 13y ago
The questions are very simple. Anyone who depends on a blog post to know the answers will fail a slightly different set of questions, not to mention the next interview.
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MereInterest 13y ago
In the same way that it is rude to talk about salaries, because that gives an advantage in bargaining to the employer?
jfb 13y ago
It's rude? By what logic?
- hnriot 13y ago
  by being proprietary.
hnriot 13y ago
it may also be illegal, most interviews are covered by an NDA.
- jes 13y ago
  With respect, I have never had to sign an NDA to interview with a company.

On the other hand, these are all pretty superficial and elementary questions. I have never been a Linux admin and I still knew about 2/3 of them, or at least could have fumbled through them (e.g. 3 timestamps).

ciupicri 13y ago
They're supposed to be FizzBuzz questions.
- selmnoo 13y ago
  Just curious, what are some questions asked beyond the point where we've asked FizzBuzz questions?
  - ciupicri 13y ago
    Debug a possible situation or even something that happened in the past. Take for example these question from ServerFault: "DNAT:ed packets disappearing"* [1] and "Openvpn, forwarding slow since reboot" [2]. *Sorry for the self promotion, but I don't have any better examples right now. [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/320181/dnated-packets-disappearing http://serverfault.com/questions/320181/dnated-packets-disap... [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/542381/openvpn-forwarding-slow-since-reboot http://serverfault.com/questions/542381/openvpn-forwarding-s...

eshvk 13y ago

ehh..What is the worst that can happen? People study these questions and by the act of studying these questions, they acquire more information on how things work? If the interviewer is good and is not asking for factoids, it is very easy to figure out how much a person knows about something.

spydum 13y ago

Agreed, though to be fair, this is beginners level interview questions.. Nobody is going to lose sleep over these.

shmageggy 13y ago

While I don't really have a problem with being "rude" to a corporation, especially some evil behemoth like Facebook, it's worth noting that sharing these questions probably violates an NDA that was signed/agreed to before the interview.

e12e 13y ago
I hope they don't waste everyone's time with having an NDA signed before the first round of interviews? What would it accomplish?
- pjscott 13y ago
  Its main effect would be to filter out people who aren't desperate.
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stormbrew 13y ago
These are phone interview questions. No NDA.

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zorked 13y ago

The questions are very simple. Anyone who depends on a blog post to know the answers will fail a slightly different set of questions, not to mention the next interview.

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MereInterest 13y ago

In the same way that it is rude to talk about salaries, because that gives an advantage in bargaining to the employer?

jfb 13y ago

It's rude? By what logic?

hnriot 13y ago
by being proprietary.

hnriot 13y ago

it may also be illegal, most interviews are covered by an NDA.

jes 13y ago
With respect, I have never had to sign an NDA to interview with a company.