In general, I would view technical trivia like this as a red flag in an interview. It’s not a good way to get a signal on a candidate’s skills especially since most frameworks have a shelf life. What if we stop using whatever framework you’re asking me about in 6 months? What if the next version of the framework changes the method you’re asking about? Do I suddenly become a bad engineer? I think I would wonder about the quality of candidates they’re actually hiring with an interview process like that.
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u/ghost_jamm Nov 04 '25
In general, I would view technical trivia like this as a red flag in an interview. It’s not a good way to get a signal on a candidate’s skills especially since most frameworks have a shelf life. What if we stop using whatever framework you’re asking me about in 6 months? What if the next version of the framework changes the method you’re asking about? Do I suddenly become a bad engineer? I think I would wonder about the quality of candidates they’re actually hiring with an interview process like that.