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Not quite a interview question, but in a competition (I had build a compiler) the jury (they all told me they had all studied informatics) asked me what a compiler is... Not in a "lets try to catch him off manner" but rather in a "i am too stupid for this world manner" he asked me what a compiler was... And it got even worse: my compiler is based on linuxes utils (nasm+ld) the guy didnt know about linux. Assembler was much too much for him and when my compiler threw an error (I wanted to show them the error system) he told me I shouldnt present unfinished projects... Atleastthe other two were really nice and i still got 2nd place (behind a person who prorammed an Nxt thingy)

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  • 1
    beaten by Lego NXT? Really? What kind of a retarded contest it was? Still gratz on the second place though
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    @magnusi well... It was jugend forscht... A competition for kids...
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    @linuxer4fun doesn't change anything for me :D
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    @magnusi i know... But kids should get motizated not by losing against nxt
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    @linuxer4fun sorry, not following, what did you mean?
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    @magnusi well... You should motivate kids to advance... But if they lose against bad projects with a good one, its not motivating
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    @linuxer4fun yea, that I follow 😀
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