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		notreallyserio on April 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The best engineering interview question I've ever ... > Would you be less frustrated if it came with a disclaimer, along the lines of "this is not a trick question"? Definitely. That would make it more clear it's about SE and not stupid brain tricks.

tantalor on April 18, 2022 [–]

> make it more clear it's about SE

Your first clue is it's an interview for a software engineering job.

andrewingram on April 18, 2022 | [–]

I’ve had plenty of interviews for software engineering jobs where I’ve been asked trick questions. Like “explain why this code is broken” when it’s not actually broken.

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