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Re:On the Unhappiness of Software Developers by BearGoesChirp on Friday June 02, 2017 @01:38PM (#14471844)
The primary quality an interview tests for is your ability to lie to meet social expectations you do not personally believe in in such a way that it isn't apparent you are doing such.
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Re:On the Unhappiness of Software Developers by asragab on Friday June 02, 2017 @04:03PM (#14472903)
Preach! As a close second..implementing and/or traversing some kind of tree structure.
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Re:On the Unhappiness of Software Developers by kazinator on Friday June 02, 2017 @01:53PM (#14471972)
If a test looks for the presence of something which isn't apparent, how does any subject pass?

I don't think interviewers are specifically looking for fake in preference to genuine, but they perhaps tend to be satisfied with appearance as an estimator of substance.

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