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Thats a good trick question.
I read about s similar from one of the car companies.
They used to ask why cars had very string breaks.
And the answer is not to stop fast but to be able to go fast, because if you are not going to go fast you do not need strong breaks ;)
Its a matter of thinking outside if the box. -
@iiii oh might've been "can you" actually
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I hate these mind game questions. In my experience they just encourage smart arse comments rather than genuine out of the box thinking, and they're nothing to do with dev work.
Besides, most companies hate out the box thinking. They say they want it, but if a dev genuinely challenges the work they're doing, the usual answer is just "hey this is a business requirement, get on with it." -
@AlmondSauce also, they're phasing this kind of question out from most big company interviews since it doesn't seem to actually correlate well with performance as an employee (go figure)
Or so I've heard anyway
None of the people I know in big tech had questions like this. -
@RememberMe Yeah, took them long enough. It seems slow blindingly obvious that it's an irrelevant question I've no idea how it's taken so long.
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@AlmondSauce agree on the 2nd part.
Was sort of an iced breaker, small talk rather than a form question.
Not really a dev question and was my first interview in a super day (meet with lots of teams) during college.
They're interviewing everyone in short sessions in a large conference room on the 20th floor, with floor to ceiling windows.
Interviewer takes me towards a window and says: would you be willing to jump from here?
Me: uh... No?
I: well I can, here let me show you.
Takes a step onto the ledge in front of the window, turns around and jumps off it.
rant
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