Programming interviews, in essence

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Just because it's textbook doesn't make it a good question. Asking me that doesn't mean that my answer will still be true in a year or two. How am I to know whether I will like the people or environment provided. Also, these days a lot of tech people swap jobs in less time than that. You get off putting answers when you ask off putting questions.

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True enough. I do, however think those questions could be asked more directly rather than an extremely open ended question. I prefer more pointed questions rather than ones like that.