Explain the first 10 lines of Twitter's source code to me

Re:Explain the first 10 lines of Twitter's source code to me by Jare on Friday February 25, 2022 @04:05PM (#30472374)

> What needs to be tested is how well do you know your domain

I pretty much never look for this in an interview, outside of specific claims from the candidate, specific needs for the position, or the bare minimum.

I try to evaluate candidates for their ability to think, reason and operate in a domain. Knowledge is easy to acquire and useless in the face of changing tech.

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Re:Explain the first 10 lines of Twitter's source code to me by devoutsalsa on Friday February 25, 2022 @04:29PM (#30472588)

Ask me questions I can't answer using Google. If you do ask me questions I can Google, let me answer the what I can from memory & give me points for looking up the rest.

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Re:Explain the first 10 lines of Twitter's source code to me by nomel on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:39PM (#30473752)

I think this only works if management has enough foresight to hire before the person is actually needed, to allow for ramp up. Unfortunately, I've never seen this, so the person needs to be able to hit the ground running, meaning general intelligence is put to the side, which really sucks.

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