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Re:Choose Boring Technology (2015) by koonsolo on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:17PM (#26216746)
Maybe I exagerated, but you can't believe that 50% of candidates have such a low capability.

"How high do you score your C++ skills out of 10?" "9/10" "OK, can you explain what a pointer is?" blank stare... "no idea"

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Re:Choose Boring Technology (2015) by ZephyrBlu on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:24PM (#26216817)
I was genuinely curious what you classed as basic programming.

I would definitely consider pointers pretty fundamental if you're a C++ dev.

It is pretty hard to believe that 50% of candidates don't know what a pointer is. I've barely touched C/C++ and still know what pointers are and how they work.

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Re:Choose Boring Technology (2015) by meheleventyone on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:54PM (#26217080)
> I've barely touched C/C++ and still know what pointers are and how they work.

Congratulations you’ve successfully triggered the pedantic interviewer. You will now face six questions on pointers in C++ they just looked up each more trivia based than the last.

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Re:Choose Boring Technology (2015) by _qulr on Sunday February 21, 2021 @04:27PM (#26217388)
Who would pass the technical screen must answer me these questions three, ere the onsite he see.
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