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 (DIR) Post #B0mZmXAL0qUmEcsQm8 by AmenZwa@mathstodon.xyz
       2025-11-30T19:05:38Z
       
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       There are a couple of interview questions that I save only for the serious contenders of technical leadership level #IT positions. For the practice-minded candidates, I ask them to explain in detail how a "computer" boots up from cold-and-dark and goes on to perform computations. For those with a theoretical bent, I ask them to articulate their philosophical views on the meaning of the word "computing".The canonical answers to these questions are all there in the #CS undergraduate textbooks. Yet, these questions afford the candidates the freedom to delve into the topics, as deeply as they choose. In other words, these are not the kind of questions designed to elicit rote answers from the candidates, but to assess their perspectives.