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Re:Ask HN: How would you react to this programming test? by mrcharles on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @05:13PM (#3077628)
That's ridiculous. I've worked with people who could recite K&R C or Stroustrup's C++ Reference Manual line for line and who still couldn't program for shit.
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Re:Ask HN: How would you react to this programming test? by wnight on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @09:09PM (#3078540)
That's the needless education, not the ability. A proper test is doing something real, not conjugating types and reading obfuscated code.

Is this scenario real? Where were you interviewing and how did you do?

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Re:Ask HN: How would you react to this programming test? by mrcharles on Thursday October 06, 2011 @11:16AM (#3080372)
It is real. I haven't done it, but I was told of its existence by a friend at a company that I won't name. I'm trying to see if I can convince him to give me the test -- my gut feeling is that I'd fail it, despite 12 years of programming and knowing enough languages that when I count I forget some. I'm just more of a 'learn by doing' rather than 'learn by reading' guy.
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Re:Ask HN: How would you react to this programming test? by wnight on Thursday October 06, 2011 @11:53AM (#3080536)
Why won't you name the company? I don't get this, it's not like you accused them of a crime or something. Why would it matter?
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Re:Ask HN: How would you react to this programming test? by mrcharles on Thursday October 06, 2011 @02:30PM (#3081072)
Most companies don't want their programming tests out in the wild, usually. Plus I'm not exactly doing this with his permission.
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