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Re:Hiring Is Broken: What Do Developers Say About Technical ... by throwaway_a0f1 on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:53PM (#20710067)
Thanks for feedback about convention and variable naming- you're totally correct I should work on both.

As far as 0 input, they actually told me it would always be valid so edge cases were not accounted for.

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Re:Hiring Is Broken: What Do Developers Say About Technical ... by ShamelessC on Monday August 19, 2019 @05:19PM (#20741926)
I personally think you had a strong answer despite the criticisms mentioned.

But, yeah. Casing convention was surprisingly important in one of my interviews. They wanted to know that I was able to adapt to a new language as the job was for a language I didn't have on my resume. It's weird, but I understand where they're coming from. Seeing improper styling in a code review is an immediate red flag and an interview problem is ultimately a code review.

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