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by erulabs 1459 days ago
I interviewed at Facebook and knew the exact moment I was rejected. I was asked to whiteboard a bit of code, and feeling a bit of “when in Rome” I decided to use PHP - I mean - Facebook, right?

The interviewer loudly scoffed and pulled out his phone before I was finished writing. I was told later that he “would have preferred a systems language” - suppose I could have been told that - would have happily swapped to C! The only job I’ve ever been turned down for in my life!