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>>jakevo+(OP)
In interviews I've never forced anyone to code, what I do is try to get them to tell me these sorts of war stories - I want to hear how you fixed it, why it was cooly bizarre, and I'm hoping for some enthusiasm when you talk about it.

I couldn't always get people to talk this way, but people who did usually worked out well

>>Taniwh+o18
You are selecting for the kind of person who always like to think about the war stories and brag about them.

>>kccqzy+za8
This, whenever I get these sorts of questions on interviews I don't know how to answer, because my weirdest or hardest bug isn't something I've internalized as a war story, it was just another day.

It's just like those "what did you do when you had conflict with another employee" questions. I either worked it out with them like an adult or got our management involved and they worked it out for them. It's not some hero narrative I considered much past the time it happened.