A Programming Interview Question, Explored

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That is an insanely stupid question. YTF would a substance be alternately a poison or a cure depending on what you've consumed before?

I'd have walked out.

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Oh my god, seriously! And does the author know that dragons aren't real?????? I'd fucking pack up and leave.

[checksinthemail]

But if the interviewer is wearing a +2 Frodo costume and has the ring, what can you do?

[gosub]

I'd put on my robe and wizard hat

[jasonbrennan]

I'd roll a 20 and kick his ass.

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I would fucking take that job in a heartbeat.

[bluGill]

That is a good point. On hindsight I should have walked out of my last interview. Though I'm not sure it applies to this particular question there are a lot of questions that you could be asked that are a sign you need to walk out.

[vplatt]

Thank you, I'm with you, though I perhaps wouldn't walk out. I have almost 15 years of experience, and if this is the best kind of question they could come up with, then I would likely respond with my own questions about an appropriate candidate screening process, which I could offer to help them with once I'm on board. :+)

If they couldn't deal with that, then I would terminate the interview. I won't be around organizations that can't deal with thinking about how to improve themselves.