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re: Nigerian software engineer detained by U.S. Customs at airport and given test
Posted on 3/1/17 at 12:49 pm to CAD703X
Posted on 3/1/17 at 12:49 pm to CAD703X
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i call bullshite because you can't do this without being given a software language to write it in or was that part of the story left out?
From the story:
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the questions seemed opaque and could have multiple answers. While he is a skilled software engineer with more than seven years of experience, 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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With no context or guidelines on how to answer the questions, Omin, “too tired to even think,” sat down and tried his best. But when he handed his answers back after about 10 minutes of work, the official told him his answers were wrong.
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Omin tells me that the answers to the questions were technically correct, but he suspects the customs official interrogating him wasn’t technically trained and couldn’t understand his answers.
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Posted on 3/1/17 at 1:10 pm to Nuts4LSU
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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.”
FAKE NEWS, I just googled: "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,
Posted on 3/1/17 at 2:42 pm to Nuts4LSU
Googled something like, “Questions to ask a software engineer.”
My thinking exactly. How does any Customs/Border agent know to ask technical questions. If someone said they were an ornithologist, would they be asked to list order, family, genus and species for Northern Cardinal? I would honestly like to see the questions asked for each profession!
My thinking exactly. How does any Customs/Border agent know to ask technical questions. If someone said they were an ornithologist, would they be asked to list order, family, genus and species for Northern Cardinal? I would honestly like to see the questions asked for each profession!
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