Why do posts about interview questions always attract such vehement reactions? The politer replies on the blog itself suggest that the author should work for McDonald's instead of programming. Reddit's discussion isn't much better (predictably). HN can't even have a reasoned discussion about it?
Because people really do not like being unfairly or capriciously judged on interviews. For many engineers, doing well on an interview is very important for their life, and it is extremely frustrating to have a silly or unfair question.
I get that part. But then in order to justify the level of intensity, doesn't that require someone to concede that they wouldn't have gotten the answer to this one? There seems to be more to it; like "I knew the answer to that one, but he could have easily asked a question that would exclude me!" Is there a question he could have posted that would not have elicited this reaction?
> For many engineers, doing well on an interview is very important for their life, and it is extremely frustrating to have a question they cannot answer.
