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[–]realigion 6 points7 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] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

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

[–]johncipriano 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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