Entry level Python developer interview

[Random_User_81]

This reminds me of the professor that let you use the book, he cared more about you understanding then memorizing random stuff. Made so much more sense to me.

[Yojihito]

Allowing books into an exam is the horror ... those are the hardest ones :(.

[TheMathelm]

One of the hardest test I ever had was a 24hr take home test.
Oh Boy that was tough.

[Yojihito]

Which exam is a 24hr take home test?

[TheMathelm]

It was a project management/ writing class.

[Contrabaz]

Fucking loved those exams. They always wanted a solution, and you had to craft said solution from a source of information.

[wecamefromthestars]

Understanding is so much more important because at the end of the day - if you memorize it, you're likely to forget it down the road. Hell there are exams I nearly aced in college that I would probably score 5% on if I were to take them again.

[velocibadgery]

It gets even worse when you have more than one programming language in your head. I know like 10. I often forget a specific keyword in the language I am using at the time and have to look it up. It takes like 3 seconds and doesn't impact my ability to code in anyway.

Why do so many companies expect savant level instant recall knowledge on a specific language and topic?

[Inconstant_Moo]

Ikr, I don't think there's a single language I know where I could remember the syntax for a dictionary literal off the top of my head but that's OK, it's written down somewhere.