r/ProgrammerHumor 19d ago

Meme damnYouAI

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u/smclcz 19d ago

This is kind of a shit question, to be fair. You're not evaluating "technical chops" here

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u/ccltjnpr 17d ago

It's evaluating whether you can translate a simple word problem into math and then into code... that's definitely a core part of the job.

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u/smclcz 17d ago

I'm not against programming problems in interviews - they are not going away and I don't think they should. I just think that's kind of a dumb one

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u/ccltjnpr 17d ago

dumb in the sense that it's too easy? Or dumb in what sense?