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This was my first thought, too. "What is widget X" isn't a good question. Questions more along the lines of "When would you use widget X over widget Y" will lea
by bvanslyke 12y ago
This was my first thought, too. "What is widget X" isn't a good question. Questions more along the lines of "When would you use widget X over widget Y" will lead to better insight about a candidate, and will show actual experience.
In the same way, for normal CS questions, "Write a hash-table implementation" is OK but I think it's better go with a question where a good solution involves using a hash-table.
- martinni 12y agoAbsolutely a lot of these questions were general knowledge to any techsavvy guy. I strongly recommend this book called [Cracking the coding interview] by Gayle Laakmann. It's very details and in-depth, helped me prepare for all my interviews.