alt Hacker NewsI was interviewed for a job as a software developer last week and they asked me to draw a picture of a pelican riding a bicycle.
Aced it, got the job as a senior software engineer.
The interviewers afterwards said "it is SO refreshing to find a software developer who actually knows how to code - never seen such a high performance focused, well built pelican on a bike - you have the skills we need".
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There are still job interviews?
Little did you know "they" were secretly harvesting data so their models can draw the best pelicans because someone keeps benchmarking them.
I also aced my interview by focussing on pelicancode problems, instead of leetcode problems.
If you could actually hand write SVG code on the spot that looked like a realistic pelican riding a bike I would want to hire you for SOMETHING.
"I was interviewed for a job as a software developer last week and they asked me to draw a picture of a pelican riding a bicycle. Aced it, got the job as a senior software engineer."
That is the best joke I have heard this year. Ready for a stand-up comedy special. Or a song. Superb!
Obviously you failed a trick question. Pelicans can’t ride bikes.
You should post your source code you wrote here… ;)
I interviewed as a software developer at LinkedIn. The interviewer asked me to demonstrate my prompting skills, so I had AI write an article about what the recent death of my father taught me about B2B SaaS. Reading it brought tears to his eyes so he hired me on the spot.