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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by ex_amazon_sde on Thursday April 19, 2018 @06:05PM (#16880581)
Me and my colleagues never asked this trivial question when interviewing for Amazon, just like you don't ask a driver what a brake is.
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Re:The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid home... by toephu2 on Thursday April 19, 2018 @08:59PM (#16881400)
I assumed OP was referring to white board coding questions when he said "trivial programming task", which Amazon indeed does ask you to do throughout the interview process.
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