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Discussion on: How to fail a programming interview

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edA‑qa mort‑ora‑y

I'm not so concerned about misalignment, but there's still room to be inconsistent, like putting some braces on a new line, and some not. Languages like JS have optional semi-colons. C++ allows if statements with braces, or single line ones without.

Overall, this type of thing is a minor consideration. It's highly unlikely my evaluation would be affected, but it is something I will point out in the feedback.

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Mihail Malo

They might have a method to their madness that you don't immediately understand.
I feel like it's mandatory they at least once ask "can I use my editor to format" or "complain" about the interview editor not having a formatter :)
Shows that they are about the good practices and not the bikeshedding.

Asking "can I change the formatter settings" would be worrying though xD