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12:00 AM

I really think that would be an amazing interview question

user55340

12:22 AM

@PaulDonny Tangent - I've slowly been writing a set of meta guidance on questions - why they don't work often in the Q&A format of SE. You reminded me of this one:

user55340

Q: Why do interview questions make poor Programmers.SE questions?

Occasionally a question that is asked at an interview comes up - "how would you design Amazon Web Services" or "how would you write Google" or some such question. These questions find their way to Programmers.StackExchange in hopes of getting an answer for the next time they are asked on an inte...

user55340

I'm not sure if you guys get similar "this really isn't appropriate here but we keep getting these questions" - being able to use an existing meta question to add the additional background as to why a given question doesn't work that won't fit in a comment can be quite helpful.

PaulDonny

@MichaelT What are you referring to? Regarding the question for Mods?

user55340

@PaulDonny The interview question... not sure if you guys get the "how do you answer the 'what type of ice cream are you?' interview question"

PaulDonny

I didn't mean that as a question for here

Though a WIKI of interview questions would be cool

user55340

12:30 AM

@PaulDonny Depends on how you guys want to do it... on P.SE, we really try to avoid the interview questions that people ask...

user55340

They get asked "How do you build Google" in an interview question, so ask us exactly as is... and thats not a good P.SE question.

user55340

So the question I linked tries to explain why that question doesn't work well and what the issues with it are.

PaulDonny

Yeah, and typically I would agree completely with that. However a list of sample interview questions would be beneficial for this site I think

user55340

Quite possibly. Really depends on how you want to do it.

user55340

Tag Wikis need more love...

PaulDonny

12:35 AM

Yeah

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jmort253

6:22 PM

Q: What does it mean when businesses say they "prefer" a certain skill?

I have experience with SQL/MySQL, but many businesses want "Microsoft SQL Server" or "Oracle" experience - not just experience coding in SQL. When companies say they "prefer" some kind of experience but that experience isn't listed in the required section, does that mean it won't be used? When ...

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This question in its original form was waaay off-topic, but there was a part in there that I thought had value, so I edited it to focus on that part.

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user58869

9:58 PM

someone should probably tend to this question

user58869

it contains swearing

CMW

maybe @jmort253 or @Shog9 are around to take a look

jmort253

@CMW poof!

CMW

the magic dragon appears

was just about to edit all offensive sections out of that question :D

thanks :)

user58869

CMW

10:03 PM

jmort's new avatar

jmort253

lol

CMW

Thanks @Alex for puttin this in here right away

I mean the post, not the image :)

user58869

i clicked on it expecting something entirely different to what i saw

CMW

Yeah, the headline sounded weird but interesting

I expected something like "African Blend or Arabica?"

jmort253

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This is hilarious! "I see you! I see you you little rats!"

CMW

10:16 PM

Please tell me this is from some comedy show

user58869

@jmort253 that's quite funny

user58869

@CMW it wouldn't be funny if it was

user58869

The Alex Jones Show

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user58869

looks like this guy is the real thing

jmort253

eh, he's a real something....