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Re:Job Interview Questions That Mean You’re Not Getting Hire... by gaius on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @04:20PM (#393487)
I dunno, I know people who's problem-solving skills amount to "paste the error message into Google and try the first solution". I want people who can derive a solution from first principles because often that's what you need to do.
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Re:Job Interview Questions That Mean You’re Not Getting Hire... by pavelludiq on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @05:03PM (#393540)
Pasting error messages in Google saved my ass a few times.
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Re:Job Interview Questions That Mean You’re Not Getting Hire... by gaius on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @05:24PM (#393568)
It is not necessarily the wrong thing to do, but it can't be all you got.
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Re:Job Interview Questions That Mean You’re Not Getting Hire... by pavelludiq on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @05:28PM (#393574)
Of course not. Its just fast and in many(mostly trivial and boring) cases the problem is already solved. Lets just say that sometimes its a better idea to just google for something instead of trying to figure it all out and in some cases-reinvent the wheel.
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