How not to interview for help

Question: “What is the difference between System.Array.CopyTo versus System.Array.Clone”?

Correct answer: who the fuck cares? If you find yourself working with arrays, know it, otherwise, Google is your friend.

Technically correct answer: shallow copy versus deep copy.

posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 10:09 PM

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# re: How not to interview for help
: Derik Whittaker
: 3/17/2009 6:32 AM

: Sadly these type of tech questions are about as 'good' as it gets when trying to determine the technical knowledge of a person... sad i know.

I much rather have a coding session with someone to determine their knowledge.

# re: How not to interview for help
: jdn
: 3/17/2009 8:55 AM

: Yeah, see, having been on both sides of those types of interview sessions (never by choice), I think there are much better ways of just having a conversation and getting a feel for someone's experience, and how they can answer other types of questions.

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