Man Catches Job Interviewee Cheating During Skype Interview
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You are correct. I haven't ever asked a programming question here or anywhere else. Well I have asked third party suppliers because I have paid for it. Then usually it is confirmed as a known issue to be fixed in the next release. But every time I have a question I always find an answer or a workaround via a search engine. Then again, often this is because some search engine impaired individual has been slack enough to not do the search properly in the first place and then asks the dumb question, and that is where I get the answer. It all goes around.... It must be embarrassing to ask a question and the response is a list of links which answers it. It just means that you are either lazy or are a search engine impaired person. Both of these are bad but the lazy bit is stupid because you could have got the answer almost instantly instead of waiting days to get a reply that could help you from some kind person. I don't have time to spare. Search engine skills are a necessity.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
Sometimes, when faced with a problem the first time, it's hard to describe it in a way that is easy to Google. E.g. I remember that I was trying to find a solution to a problem I was having in SQL, and it took me about an hour until I found that it is a common problem called "Gaps and Islands". Once I knew the name, I got my answer in a couple of minutes. You also have to remember that for most of the people working in IT (70/80%?), English is not their first language.
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Sometimes, when faced with a problem the first time, it's hard to describe it in a way that is easy to Google. E.g. I remember that I was trying to find a solution to a problem I was having in SQL, and it took me about an hour until I found that it is a common problem called "Gaps and Islands". Once I knew the name, I got my answer in a couple of minutes. You also have to remember that for most of the people working in IT (70/80%?), English is not their first language.
F Margueirat wrote:
You also have to remember that for most of the people working in IT (70/80%?), English is not their first language.
Good point. It has to make everything a bit harder. Many of my most successful searches are just a collection or jumble of words that don't make much sense. Adding one more word can refine the result. But you have to know the words to begin with.
F Margueirat wrote:
and it took me about an hour until I found that it is a common problem
Spending an hour is a bit tedious but it is also quite efficient. Asking the question and waiting 3 to 5 days to find that it is a common problem, or getting the key name, is worse, as it holds up your work. So that one hour was a good investment I think.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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F Margueirat wrote:
You also have to remember that for most of the people working in IT (70/80%?), English is not their first language.
Good point. It has to make everything a bit harder. Many of my most successful searches are just a collection or jumble of words that don't make much sense. Adding one more word can refine the result. But you have to know the words to begin with.
F Margueirat wrote:
and it took me about an hour until I found that it is a common problem
Spending an hour is a bit tedious but it is also quite efficient. Asking the question and waiting 3 to 5 days to find that it is a common problem, or getting the key name, is worse, as it holds up your work. So that one hour was a good investment I think.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
Spending an hour is a bit tedious but it is also quite efficient. Asking the question and waiting 3 to 5 days to find that it is a common problem, or getting the key name, is worse, as it holds up your work. So that one hour was a good investment I think.
I agree, I rarely ask questions myself, 99% of the times I find the answer from people that asked the same question. But the times I asked the question, I kept googling while waiting for an answer. In any case, calling someone search engine impaired person because they couldn't find the answer is a little harsh don't you think?
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Man Catches Job Interviewee Cheating During Skype Interview So have you worked on any triggers ! lol...
Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
Actually, I've a different take on this whole discussion about search engine impaired-ness. Such code challenge stuff during an interview is nearly always an indication of absolute clueless-ness of the interviewer. Though it tends to mean they've got some search engine skills and probably got those questions from exactly the same spot you're now finding in your search. I.e. it's a situation of: "This guy's coding much to close to the answer we found online. He must be cheating."
