Re:Ten years of experience, still failing phone screens
by strken on Sunday December 12, 2021 @12:20AM
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> Even if a candidate didn't know that modulo even existed they could still get the remainder with simple division and subtraction.
And they'd probably fail some interviews for doing so.
> And while it is not the most common operator it is still one of the most basic ones and present in all languages you'd use during a job interview.
This is true, but I also expect some otherwise-competent programmers would fail a test that expected them to remember the specifics of bitwise operators or bitshifting. It's been years since I've needed to use any of the three in a paid job - they're just not very common in my day jobs, whereas they crop up a lot in side projects.
And they'd probably fail some interviews for doing so.
> And while it is not the most common operator it is still one of the most basic ones and present in all languages you'd use during a job interview.
This is true, but I also expect some otherwise-competent programmers would fail a test that expected them to remember the specifics of bitwise operators or bitshifting. It's been years since I've needed to use any of the three in a paid job - they're just not very common in my day jobs, whereas they crop up a lot in side projects.