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Re:How to weed out the non-programming programmer by fghjgfgdfg on Thursday April 12, 2012 @09:37AM (#3832222)
The answer is not the point, the ability to find the answer is the point. That is not trivia, that is problem-solving.
Re:How to weed out the non-programming programmer by kls on Thursday April 12, 2012 @01:44PM (#3833428)
If that is the case then that is fine (in my book), Googling to find info on a subject is a very relevant skill, even though it is frowned upon in interviews for some reason. In my perception, it does come off as if they are looking to hire people that have that kind of trivia in their head.