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Re:I have a php developer interview? Any advice? by Bahamut on Thursday December 18, 2014 @01:36AM (#8766260)
I know another PHP developer that is well-known in the PHP community in DC - he told me a story about how he was a guest interviewer for another company as a courtesy once. Out of all of the candidates he interviewed, only one gave him straightforward, honest answers to the hard questions he asked - the answer was the same each time, "I don't know, I would google it". That was the candidate he selected, and supposedly it worked out great for that company.

Do not lie during an interview - if you don't know something, be honest and mention that you would do your research to figure it out.

Re:I have a php developer interview? Any advice? by NameNickHN on Thursday December 18, 2014 @07:49AM (#8767004)
> I don't know, I would google it

That's exactly what I would answer and that would exactly be the reason why most companies won't hire me.

Re:I have a php developer interview? Any advice? by krapp on Thursday December 18, 2014 @08:01AM (#8767037)
If you'd answer that for everything than it might be a red flag, but i think as long as you can demonstrate actual competence, at least enough to be able to judge the quality and merit of what you're googling, then it shouldn't be a problem.

Google and SO are too valuable not to use sometimes, and for PHP, php.net is almost unavoidable.