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Re:The best engineering interview question I've ever gotten by notreallyserio on Sunday April 17, 2022 @07:53PM (#31065711)
> Would you be less frustrated if it came with a disclaimer, along the lines of "this is not a trick question"?

Definitely. That would make it more clear it's about SE and not stupid brain tricks.

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Re:The best engineering interview question I've ever gotten by tantalor on Sunday April 17, 2022 @08:07PM (#31065813)
> make it more clear it's about SE

Your first clue is it's an interview for a software engineering job.

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Re:The best engineering interview question I've ever gotten by andrewingram on Sunday April 17, 2022 @08:46PM (#31066071)
I’ve had plenty of interviews for software engineering jobs where I’ve been asked trick questions. Like “explain why this code is broken” when it’s not actually broken.
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