re: Nigerian software engineer detained by U.S. Customs at airport and given test

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Omin later tells me that the questions looked to him like someone with no technical background Googled something like, “Questions to ask a software engineer.”

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1. Perfection or excellence?

2. How do you stay up-to-date and keep your skills sharp?

3. What personal projects do you have going on outside of work?

4. What type of challenges excite you professionally?

5. Can you solve this coding problem?

6. What does being a defensive programmer mean to you?

7. How do you test your code?

8. Do you prefer working as an individual, or as part of a team?

9. What are you looking for in your next team or company, what is important to you culturally?

10. Do you prefer to work for a company that is in build mode or maintenance mode?

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Omin tells me that the answers to the questions were technically correct,

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