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I don't think these type of silly questions tell you anything meaningful as this is not how you code in the real world. Most people get nervous during interview
by JDDunn9 11y ago
I don't think these type of silly questions tell you anything meaningful as this is not how you code in the real world. Most people get nervous during interviews or don't perform well under timed tests. These type of interview questions really only test if you've heard these questions before. You're basically testing their interview skills.
There's no substitute for reading code they've written in production.
- daurnimator 11y agoThe majority of candidates I've interviewed do not have code they can show me. Usually because they don't have permission to share code from their previous job. The idea of these questions is to filter out those that cannot program at all; any competent programmer should be able to solve these; or at least talk about them for a while. The point is to avoid making a bad hire; not to find an excellent person.
- JDDunn9 11y agoSure, any competent programmer could solve these under normal circumstances, but I've had a few interviews where I was kicking myself right afterwords for giving such stupid answers under pressure.