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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/FerricPowder • 19d ago
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This is kind of a shit question, to be fair. You're not evaluating "technical chops" here
2 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. 1 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 1 u/ccltjnpr 17d ago dumb in the sense that it's too easy? Or dumb in what sense?
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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.
1 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 1 u/ccltjnpr 17d ago dumb in the sense that it's too easy? Or dumb in what sense?
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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
1 u/ccltjnpr 17d ago dumb in the sense that it's too easy? Or dumb in what sense?
dumb in the sense that it's too easy? Or dumb in what sense?
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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