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Op doesn't have time for interviews (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by danhab99@programming.dev to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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You have three switches in one room and a single light bulb in another room. You are allowed to visit the room with the light bulb only once. How do you figure out which switch controls the bulb? Write your answer in the comments before looking at other answers.

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If this were an interview question, the correct response would be "Do you have any relevant questions for me? Because have a long list of things that more deserving of my precious time than to think about this!

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[–] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's a much better question, though! "Here's a stack trace and the source code. Walk me through where to go from here."

Most places use at least some open source software, so most places can do this, and if you ask your sys admin team nicely, there's probably some stack traces available, hot off the prod.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Sure, but I've a guy working with me who's supposed to have ten years xp in the tech we use, and he's pretty fucking useless.
Meanwhile the young front-end dev who didn't know any of our tech turns out to learn everything we throw at her after one explanation. Pure tech eval would've meant throwing her away after reading her cv.