[cs02rm0]

I lie.

When I was a young, wet behind the ears, Java developer I answered telling them about making a modification to a Linux kernel driver for hardware support. It was a telephone interview but the silence was deafening. Still the only interview I ever had where I wasn't offered the job.

Some things haven't changed in that it is when I step outside my comfort zone I find the technical problems harder. But now I'd just talk about a more comfortable problem that went through multiple rounds of better fit solutions on a system actually in Java so they can relate and see I can actually talk about the target language. Then I'd probably make the point that as a more senior developer it's usually the non-technical problems that require my most focus.

Still makes me cringe thinking about it.

[tapanjk]

> Still makes me cringe thinking about it.

Probably because you are in a much better place now.

I have found that the propensity to lie is directly in proportion to one's [for the lack of a better word,] desperation. The less desperate I am, more ideology I tend to exhibit.

[miranda_rights]

I'm currently a wet behind the years (hopeful) Java developer -- what's cringey about a modification to a kernel driver being hard? That sounds pretty intimidating to me.