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Re:I was asked to crack a program in a job interview by icelancer on Thursday September 18, 2014 @12:53AM (#8333764)
>If this is a user-facing tech-support position, then it is a hard job requirement that the candidate be able to handle being lied to by the user.

Yes, I agree. Are we supposed to also assume that our bosses and interviewers lie to us, too? At no point does he say that he is emulating a user that needs support help.

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Re:I was asked to crack a program in a job interview by Rapzid on Thursday September 18, 2014 @01:23AM (#8333850)
Well if not lying, you should always entertain the possibility they are mistaken. The best confirm and reaffirm constantly. You know what they say about assumptions.
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Re:I was asked to crack a program in a job interview by tarpherder on Thursday September 18, 2014 @03:21AM (#8334099)
You are going to think your boss is mistaken/wrong/lying in the first hour you meet her/him, during a job interview? Nah. You're not.
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Re:I was asked to crack a program in a job interview by corobo on Thursday September 18, 2014 @05:58AM (#8334444)
To be fair the first thing you do is look for relevant buttons to click on if there are any, the next thing is to google the problem, the thing after that is check it's all plugged in

It's just testing the basics really

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