it was not a technical interview.
just screening.

guy: tell me smth about redis.

me: key value, in memory storage.

guy: more

me: umm, the concept is similar to localStorage in browsers, key value storage, kinda in memory.

guy: so we use redis in browsers?

me: no, I mean the high level concept is similar.

guy: (internally: stupid, fail).

Probably looking for the word "distributed"

I hate those guess the keyword style questions.

@lungdart honestly... it's as wrong as it can get....

Redis *can* be distributed.

It *can* be used as a key value store.

It *can* be used only as a Pub/Sub.

It *can* be used as a geosearch / full text / ... blub database...

It *can* be used solely for locking.

Since a very long time, Redis isn't just a key value store anymore.

The ding dong schlong who asks such incredibly dumb questions to tick some fucked up boxes who give zero insight in what the dev knows or does not know doesn't get: it's irrelevant.

I would ask them straightforward what the purpose of the question is, as it is completely irrelevant what redis can be, it's only relevant what the problem is. Whether Redis is relevant to solve the problem or not is an entirely different question.

Job interviews like these always spark in me the "lemme take this telephone book and break your knee caps" kind of violence.

@IntrusionCM if you said all that and I was interviewing you, that would be a pass.