Evgenii Ponomarev

Engineering Manager @TechAtBloomberg • write about growth for engineers, tech strategy and building happy teams • all opinions belong to me, my wife and my cat

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@julie78787 @GpMueller @TravisMWhitaker @bayesalgo I don’t see how having to explain the difference in two structures (heap vs. stack in this case) is a gotcha question.

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@julie78787 @GpMueller @TravisMWhitaker @bayesalgo Look, I never mentioned anything about you or your experience, it’s irrelevant here.

I only gave one potential reason for an interviewer to ask this question, that’s it. Maybe an interviewer won’t ask *you* this questions given your credentials, I have no idea

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@julie78787 @GpMueller @TravisMWhitaker @bayesalgo That said, I believe most people (not all ofc) have reasons to do what they do.

And if someone asks heap vs. stack, that may as well be because they also hire many juniors without cs background and rely on seniors to answer basic questions daily. They deserve benefit of doubt

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@julie78787 @GpMueller @TravisMWhitaker @bayesalgo I believe I’ve never asked an insulting questions during an interview and was never asked one either.

I’d say if you have reasons to believe that company is trying to insult candidates, you have all reasons to stop interview and suggest others to do so.

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@julie78787 @GpMueller @TravisMWhitaker @bayesalgo Plus, we don’t know what the interviewer’s goals were.

They could be confident in candidate’s ability to solve complex problems (because of their OSS), and were just asking something simple to see how well he can explain stuff to others.

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@julie78787 @GpMueller @TravisMWhitaker @bayesalgo Depends on a company I guess. Where I worked, all engineers were hired to solve problems important for business, and the last thing you want is someone refusing a task that is below their paygrade

Also, I can easily imagine senior needing to explain heap to a junior or intern

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@joefdonoghue @catalinmpit Terminating interview = acting like not knowing the answer.

If you know the answer, good for you 🤷‍♂️

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@ChShersh Not bad (apart from using slack)

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@levwalkin @ChShersh I don’t know what it depends on, it’s just hard for me to imagine myself opting in for no feedback when there are people who have concerns. Encouraging silence when people know something may go wrong just feels weird.

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How weak opinions damage code review

https://t.co/RngOuVF2RJ

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@bunopus Собеседование бы выглядело примерно так

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@mipsytipsy It may take just one bad manager to form an opinion.

Then, even good managers may be perceived through this lens, and all their mistakes (good != no mistakes) will be another proof how bad all managers are

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@ChShersh 1, because 2 is just some time away from becoming 1 anyway

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@eliotpszw So he’s not self-made then?

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@round Person making final approvals