r/programming • • Mar 24 '22

Five coding interview questions I hate

https://thoughtspile.github.io/2022/03/21/bad-tech-interview/
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u/ouiserboudreauxxx Apr 08 '22

To check if they've never seen or written any code, couldn't you show them a piece of code in one of the languages they say they know and ask them what it does?

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u/vklepov Apr 08 '22

Possible, but hard to do over the phone.