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Could not agree more. I've heard of interviewers who say to candidates: "I have a bookshelf. Design me an OO interface." They want the candidate to create ob
by haberman 12y ago
Could not agree more.
I've heard of interviewers who say to candidates: "I have a bookshelf. Design me an OO interface." They want the candidate to create objects for Shelf, Book, etc. without knowing anything at all about what the software system is supposed to do! This is so backwards IMO that I cringe just to tell this story.
- liveoneggs 12y agoI was asked to whiteboard the object model of this exact question.
- empthought 12y agoThe intent of that type of question is to see what questions the candidate asks in order to elucidate an appropriate design. That being said, I can easily imagine it being misused by bad interviewers.