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A comment on Ask HN: Should a back end Engineer be able to answer what makes an API RESTful?.

Re:Ask HN: Should a back end Engineer be able to answer what... by alansmitheebk on Thursday August 24, 2017 @09:59PM (#15095569)
Of course they should. Back-end developers usually build APIs. Hell, I'm a front-end developer and I can easily answer that question. The only thing I can think of is that the people you are interviewing do not have web experience. Are they fresh out of university? I've met plenty of CS students who know all the algorithms and everything about C / C++ but nothing about the web.
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Re:Ask HN: Should a back end Engineer be able to answer what... by CodingChef on Thursday August 24, 2017 @10:07PM (#15095599)
That is understandable and I'm not a back end Engineer either. But I had an interview with a back end Engineer with like six years of experience. And I really thought that a simple question like this would make them feel at ease because they would know it right away.
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Re:Ask HN: Should a back end Engineer be able to answer what... by byoung2 on Thursday August 24, 2017 @10:44PM (#15095748)
What types of responses do you get?
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Re:Ask HN: Should a back end Engineer be able to answer what... by CodingChef on Thursday August 24, 2017 @11:39PM (#15095934)
- what do you mean? - CRUD? - GET, POST, PUT, DELETE

(Question marks are part of the answers, now with the third answer I'm usually fairly happy to begin with and I go into other questions, but that should be the bare minimum).

I've been asked this question as well when interviewing for a frontend position and I just mentioned a few key points and they were very happy about it. But if you're applying for a backend position shouldn't you know more?

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