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by Clubber 484 days ago
I think you're projecting. You aren't posting this using your real name are you?!

Here's something to consider, Dennis. Instead of using any type of reasoning that maybe I'm interviewing for a language you aren't familiar with where functions and procedure differences matter, you decided to just go off the handle and call me inexperienced and/or an idiot. This is what we call in the hiring business a "huge red flag." I recommend maybe use some of that big brain you have and apply some deductive reasoning instead of just calling people names.
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dennis_jeeves2 484 days ago
Look up my other responses - I decided to call you names _later_ . Other people also pointed that out to you. I'm sure you would thick twice before asking your 'gotcha' again (the question is fine in general but not as a gotcha).
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Clubber 484 days ago
>>You can often tell an inexperienced interviewer from the extremely domain specific question they ask which _they_ are familiar with.

>Lol a bit touchy aren't we?

You lost your composure and decided to start calling names after this. I haven't asked it since the late 90s, early 2000s. It was a for a Delphi position. It's a bonehead easy question any Delphi developer who got to chapter 2 of any Delphi book would have understood. It's still an applicable question for a SQL developer and it's just as easy. I even showed you sample code. I don't see why you aren't getting it.

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dennis_jeeves2 484 days ago
I'm not getting it, I also see that 2 other people are also not getting it.

>I haven't asked it since the late 90s, early 2000s.

You overall gave the impression that you are currently asking it.

And a personal rhetorical question - aren't you too old to even state this 'gotcha' business _today_ about what you did in the past? What made you state it? If I gave you the benefit of doubt - that was slip, where you omitted the past tense.

(If I did that in the 90's I'd be a embarrassed to even mention it today.)

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Clubber 484 days ago
>I'm not getting it, I also see that 2 other people are also not getting it.

Yes, but you're the only one who threw a tantrum. Enjoy your career.

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