A programming interview

[cema]

Question. On the scale of 1 to 10, how well do you know C++?
(Thinking.) Answer. Is this a linear or logarithmic scale?

Question. On the scale of 1 to 10, how well do you know C++?
(Thinking). Answer. I do not understand your question.

Question. On the scale of 1 to 10, how well do you know C++?
Answer. I cannot answer that!

Question. On the scale of 1 to 10, how well do you know C++?
(Sigh). Answer. I have a feeling I am failing a Turing test.

Question. On the scale of 1 to 10, how well do you know C++?

Comments

[spamsink]

- Why would I ever step on a scale from 1 to 10?! My weight is 180!
- 180 of what?
- And 1 to 10 of what?

But the question is

[cema.livejournal.com]

On the scale of 1 to 10, how well do you know C++?

Приборы — двести.

Re: But the question is

[spamsink]

Hmmm... Somewhere between 1 and 10, I guess.

Re: But the question is

[cema.livejournal.com]

Are you sure?

I do not really know how to answer such questions. So much bullshit.

Re: But the question is

[tandem-bike.livejournal.com]

10 is for the guy who wrote it. 2 is for people who know MATLAB. 3 is for people who know MATLAB but can get into source code...

[cema.livejournal.com]

Is this a linear or logarithmic scale?

Re: But the question is

[imenno.livejournal.com]

9 is for people who wrote MATLAB.

Re: But the question is

[cema.livejournal.com]

Plan 9.

Re: But the question is

[tandem-bike.livejournal.com]

0 is for people who hiked the price on it :-(

[syarzhuk.livejournal.com]

But I go to eleven!