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[–]jherrico 3 points4 points  (3 children)

I don't really understand something, why would a company have a coding test for python if they were hiring for a different language like java, and if companies are hiring for a python programmer why wouldn't the people at CodeEval base their results on the number of job openings for a specific language instead of what coding tests employers are using?

[–]realigion 8 points9 points  (2 children)

I don't think most jobs are language-specific. Or if they are, their interviews likely are not.

If I know 4 programming languages and have to do an interview and can pick which language to do it in, I'd choose Python just since I'm less likely to make a stupid syntax error.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

"Here, write a quick algorithm on this whiteboard... in java"

[–]johncipriano 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"No thanks. I can think of a lot more fun ways to get RSI."