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  • I think you’re underestimating how badly it taught them. I see a lot of developers (when interviewing) that are unable to reason about code.

    Lot’s of people learn how to cook by following recipes, but they don’t try to get work in catering or running restaurants. That requires a different level of understanding.

    SO was the coding recipe book. It was fine for hobbyists. Not professionals.














  • Getting interview practise is no bad thing. Being interviewed is a skill you learn to be sure.

    I think a lot of people miss that interviews in the technical world are often not smartly dressed exams. Some are, but those are probably jobs where they won’t mentor you and invest in you. They expect you to come fully developed.

    Good interviewers are trying to imagine you as an every-day team member. Will you…

    • …work well with others?
    • …be engaged with the problem space?
    • …ask for clarifications or just make assumptions to avoid appearing “dumb”?
    • …let a lack of knowledge on something become a road block?

    Knowledge is easy to give you. These things are much harder to teach.

    Also, knowledge based questions might be designed to find your limit. So if you don’t know something, that doesn’t mean it’s pointless from that point on. The interviewer may just have pushed you to your limit, and only they know if that was good enough. Keep going, stay engaged.

    I don’t know if any of that helps you design your bot, but maybe it gives you some ideas about being an interviewer.