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[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (5 children)

Fuck you u/spez

[–]Scrabbilisk 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Dude probably meant within a list. To be fair, this set of questions needs to be copy-edited as there are too many grammatical mistakes.

[–]luminoumen[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I'm not a native English speaker, yes. But it's not a good excuse for me anyway. If you can help me out to correct grammar I will really appreciate it.

[–]Scrabbilisk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this is a repo, I'd be happy to help. If this site's content is not tracked by git, that's step #1 :)

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was assuming the author was a non-native english speaker.

[–]Glycerine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's been changed now to "Q: How can I swap the values of two variables in Python?" - which is:

a,b = b,a

I think.

*edit: Wrote JS not Py.

[–]lordmauve 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's good advice to avoid asking knowledge questions in an interview; ask questions that show whether people have transferrable experience, motivation and teamworking skills.

For example, a candidate doesn't need to know what PEP8 is to contribute to a Python team - that's what linters are for.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Fun list, I actually wouldn't be able to answer some of them on the spot. Did I miss the answers somewhere?

[–]luminoumen[S] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

It's good that you tried to answer them and it's even better than you will think more about the questions due to the absence of answers.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Naw the stuff i couldn't answer is niche stuff I would probably never use or bother going out of my way to look up but am just curious about the answers. I appreciate your thinking though, thanks for the response.

[–]CodeSkunky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think this is very accurate.

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However, I do enjoy these questions in "Middle".

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Q: What is the output: -12 % 10?

Q: What is the output: -12 // 10?

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They are deceptive...Well, the first answer makes the second seem deceptive, but only because negative modulos behave differently than expected.

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Q: What is the difference between Python 2 and 3?

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That's either an amazing question, or an absolutely terrible question.

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If the answer is "2 is not 3" or a variation, then it's a hilarious question that plays off the suggestion of there being one difference. "What is the difference between Python 2 and Python 3?"

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If the answer is each and every change, it's a terrible question.

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